Japanese Verbs

masu form affirmative okurimasu masu form negative okurimasen masu past affirmative okurimashita masu past negative okurimasendeshita

root form okuru nai form okuranai ta form okutta nakatta form okuranakatta

te form okutte conditional (ba form) okureba potential okureru imperative okure volitional okuroo passive okurareru causative okuraseru causative passive 1 okuraserareru causative passive 2 okurasareru

Beginner 1 - Basic Structure

[ subject ]

wa

[ place ]

ni

[ something ]

o

okurimasu

1.

Watashi wa tomodachi ni meeru o okurimasu.

I (will) send an e-mail to my friend.

2.

Greg-san wa kuni ni nimotsu o okurimashita.

Greg sent a package to his country.

3.

Watashi wa kinoo kazoku ni tegami o okurimashita.

I sent a letter to my family yesterday.

4.

Watashi wa kookuubin de kono nimotsu o okurimasu.

I will send this package by airmail.

Beginner 2 - Functional Patterns

5.

Meeru de chizu o okutte kuremasen ka?

Please send a map by e-mail.

6.

Kyoo okureba, ashita tsukimasu.

If you send it today, it will arrive tomorrow.

7.

Yamada-san ni meeru o okutta kedo, henji ga kimasen.

I sent an e-mail to Yamada, but he hasn't replied yet.

8.

Kore wa omoi kara, kookuubin de okuremasen.

This is (too) heavy, so we cannot send by airmail.

The usage of each Functional Pattern is explained in the Essential Japanese Verbs.