Japanese/Katsuyou.md
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# Conjugation
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- mizen-kei (MZ) - irrealis form
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+ - used for things which are not happening or didn't happen. The opposite of the realis (IZ) form.
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- modern equivalent: -nai stem
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- example: yoma
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- ren'you-kei (RY) - conexive form
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+ - used to connect to other yougen words or clauses (sentences)
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- modern equivalent: -masu stem
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- example: yomi
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- shuushi-kei (SS) - final form
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+ - used at the end of affirmative sentences
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- modern equivalent: dictionary/plain form
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- example: yomu
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- rentai-kei (RT) - attributive form
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+ - used to connect to taigen words or clauses, used to describe nouns.
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- no modern equivalent, merged with SS
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- example: yomu
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- izen-kei (IZ) - realis form
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+ - used for events which have happened or are happening. The opposite of the irrealis (MZ) form.
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- modern equivalent: conditional (-ba) stem
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- example: yome
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- meirei-kei (MR) - imperative form
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+ - used as imperative, to tell someone else to do something
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- modern equivalent: imperative form
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- example: yome
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