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Fixed confusing verb conjugation explanation
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The godan verb 行く is an exception and its て form is 行って and <b>not</b> 行きて.
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The godan verb 行く is an exception and its て form is 行って and <b>not</b> 行いて.
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Adjectives can also have a て form. This is done by turning the い into くて.

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切<b>った</b> 殺<b>した</b> 死<b>んだ</b> 選<b>んだ</b> 読<b>んだ</b> 買<b>った</b> 動<b>いた</b> 急<b>いだ</b> 持<b>った</b>
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Don't memorize this table. There's a rule for this: replace the "u" vowel with an "i" vowel, so you get like 切****, 殺****, etc. then attach the た after it. However, there are exceptions to this “rule”:
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Don't memorize this table. There are some rules based on what kana row the verb belongs to:
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- if the verb ends with ぬ or a voiced kana (ぶ or ぐ) た becomes だ.
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- if the verb ends with う, つ, or る the “i” stem becomes っ and doubles the following た sound (買う \-\> 買った, etc)
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- if the verb ends with ぬ, ぶ or む, the “i” stem gets “slurred” and it becomes ん (選ぶ \-\> 選んだ)
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- う, つ, or る become った
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- す becomes した
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- ぶ, む, or ぬ become んだ
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- く and ぐ become respectively いた and いだ
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There are also a couple of verbs with a funny irregular conjugation, for example 問う becomes 問うた. There are only a few of them that behave like this (乞う \-\> 乞うた being another one). You don’t need to memorize these, just be aware they exist, they are not very common.
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