Is This Verb Conjugation Method Reliable?


I recently found out about Japanese verb conjugations, and came across a
helpful video. Can anyone tell me if this is legit, and can be used for any
verb, or if I may have trouble if I use it as my only verb-conjugation
reference. Here is the link: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g2ddWhJWmU>




While in my opinion this video did a good job at explaining it in an easy to
understand way, there are a few things I would like to point out.

If a verb looks like a Type 1 verb (also called Godan verb), it is always a
Type 1 verb (except for the Type 3 verbs). But, if a verb looks like a Type 2
verb (also called Ichidan verb), it isn't neccessarily a Type 2 verb. The
video also mentions that there are exceptions like 帰る (かえる), which is a Type 1
verb, but for some reason it shows 走る (はしる) as an example for Type 2 verbs
even though it's Type 1. Here is a list of all these exceptions
(<https://www.sljfaq.org/afaq/which-godan.html>) but I recommend to just
always look up whether a new verb you learn is Type 1 or Type 2 instead of
learning a whole list.

Then the video mentions that する and 来る are exceptions, which is correct, but I
would also add 行く as a little exception, which will get relevant if you want
to form the past tense and -te form but I guess he will mention that in Module
5.

At last I would also add that for making the "capable" form (potential form)
of a Type 2 verb, you can actually not only add れる but also られる, which is a
bit longer and less common in speech.

So yes I would say this video is usable but there are still some things
missing which makes the video unfavorable for being your only reference. There
are still things missing like passive form, causative form, imperative form
and so on.




While in my opinion this video did a good job at explaining it in an easy to
understand way, there are a few things I would like to point out.

If a verb looks like a Type 1 verb (also called Godan verb), it is always a
Type 1 verb (except for the Type 3 verbs). But, if a verb looks like a Type 2
verb (also called Ichidan verb), it isn't neccessarily a Type 2 verb. The
video also mentions that there are exceptions like 帰る (かえる), which is a Type 1
verb, but for some reason it shows 走る (はしる) as an example for Type 2 verbs
even though it's Type 1. Here is a list of all these exceptions
(<https://www.sljfaq.org/afaq/which-godan.html>) but I recommend to just
always look up whether a new verb you learn is Type 1 or Type 2 instead of
learning a whole list.

Then the video mentions that する and 来る are exceptions, which is correct, but I
would also add 行く as a little exception, which will get relevant if you want
to form the past tense and -te form but I guess he will mention that in Module
5.

At last I would also add that for making the "capable" form (potential form)
of a Type 2 verb, you can actually not only add れる but also られる, which is a
bit longer and less common in speech.

So yes I would say this video is usable but there are still some things
missing which makes the video unfavorable for being your only reference. There
are still things missing like passive form, causative form, imperative form
and so on.

