The two different forms of verbs

There are many ways
to change verbs, but here we will focus on 2 present tense forms"dictionary
form" and "~masu form" NOTE: These 2 mean the
same thing, but the dictionary form is a little more casual and shorter.

	The dictionary form gets its name because it is what is found in the dictionary.
	The dictionary form verbs ends in -u and many end in -ru
	The masu form verbs always ends in -masu in the present tense
	To keep this page as simple as possible, I am writing all examples (for other grammar points) in the masu form.

EXAMPLES:

たべる taberu		たべます tabemasu	Both mean "to eat"
のむ nomu		のみます nomimasu	to drink
はしる hashiru		はしります hashirimasu	to run
する suru		します shimasu	to do (this is one of the 2 irregular verbs)

You will probably see some other letter changes between
the 2 forms. I won't go into this now. There is no need to
complicate things. I think it is better to memorize the useful verb
changes and eventually once you get a feel for the verbs you can 'guess' the
correct form for unknown verb! And remember: Mistake making is memory
making!

This article was used with permission from:
theJapanesePage.com