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> only two irregular verbs This is what textbooks often say, but it's kind of a soft lie. Besides the typical する and 来る (which are strongly irregular), there's
by pilaf 2y ago
> only two irregular verbs
This is what textbooks often say, but it's kind of a soft lie. Besides the typical する and 来る (which are strongly irregular), there's:
ある → ない (negative form)
行く → 行って instead of expected 行いて
くれる → くれ (imperative form) instead of expected くれろ
And a number of others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_irregular_verbs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_irregular_verbs
- glandium 2y agoI'll go pedantic, but ない is technically not an irregular negative form of ある. The negative form of ある is the regular あらぬ/あらない, but it has been substituted with ない, which is an entirely different word. You'll often hear あらへん in Kansai dialect, which is derived from ある. Edit: there are idioms that use あらず which is also a standard negative form of ある, like なきにしもあらず.