Being Casual Part 3 (Verbs)
“We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.” - Warren E. Burger
You’ve learned casual nouns and adjectives, so all you have left is verbs. Verbs, however, are quite a different monster, so to speak. Sure, it’s technically as easy as changing ます form to casual form (called “dictionary form” because this is how verbs show up in dictionaries) but there’s quite a few rules to know (and practice) in order to be able to convert verbs over properly. It’ll take a while to get comfortable but we’ll take it step-by-step so you have everything you need to learn what you need to learn.
First thing’s first. You’re going to learn about the different “types” of verbs.