{"id":534,"date":"2013-06-05T14:18:35","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T19:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/?page_id=534"},"modified":"2013-06-05T14:18:35","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T19:18:35","slug":"volitional-form-genki-ii-chapter-15","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/grammar-index\/genki-i-ii-grammar-index\/volitional-form-genki-ii-chapter-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Volitional Form ( Genki II Chapter 15)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p><strong>Volitional Form<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The volitional form of a verb is a less formal, more casual equivalent of \u307e\u3057\u3087\u3046. You can use it to suggest a plan to a close friend, for example.<\/p>\n<p><em>ru<\/em>-verbs: Drop the final &#8211;<em>ru\u00a0<\/em>and add &#8211;<em>yoo\u00a0<\/em>Ex: \u98df\u3079<strong>\u308b<\/strong>\u00a0-&gt; \u98df\u3079<strong>\u3088\u3046<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>u-<\/em>verbs: Drop the final &#8211;<em>u<\/em>\u00a0and add &#8211;<em>oo\u00a0<\/em>Ex: \u884c<strong>\u304f<\/strong><em>\u00a0<\/em>-&gt; \u884c<strong>\u3053\u3046<\/strong>, \u8a71<strong>\u3059<\/strong>\u00a0-&gt; \u8a71<strong>\u305d\u3046<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ex: \u3042\u3057\u305f\u306f\u3058\u3085\u3054\u3046\u304c\u306a\u3044\u304b\u3089\u3001\u3053\u3093\u3084\u3001\u3069\u3053\u304b\u306b\u98df\u3079\u306b\u884c\u3053\u3046\u3002(We don&#8217;t have any classes tomorrow. Let&#8217;s go some place for dinner tonight.)<\/p>\n<p>You can use the volitional plus the question particle \u304b to ask for an opinion in your offer or suggestion.<\/p>\n<p>Ex: \u53cb\u3060\u3061\u304c\u304a\u3082\u3057\u308d\u3044\u3068\u8a00\u3063\u3066\u3044\u305f\u304b\u3089\u3001\u3053\u306e\u3048\u3044\u304c\u3092\u898b\u3088\u3046\u304b\u3002(Shall we see this film? My friends say it is good.)<\/p>\n<p>We also use the volitional + \u3068\u601d\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059 to talk about our determinations.<\/p>\n<p>Ex: \u307e\u3044\u306b\u3061\u4e09\u6642\u304b\u3093\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u3092\u3079\u3093\u304d\u3087\u3046\u3057\u3088\u3046\u3068\u601d\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002(I&#8217;ve decided to study Japanese for three hours every day)<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volitional Form The volitional form of a verb is a less formal, more casual equivalent of \u307e\u3057\u3087\u3046. You can use it to suggest a plan to a close friend, for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":209,"featured_media":0,"parent":252,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-534","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/534\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}