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How common is volitional verb use? - Rujiel - 2009-11-07
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Japanese_verb_conjugations_and_adjective_declensions#Volitional
Seems complicated. not sure why I'd want to express volition in any case.
edit: ah, I see some common examples.. but most of these volitional forms I've never heard before.
http://www.reikialoha.com/raymond/learning-japanese/verbs/
How common is volitional verb use? - Tzadeck - 2009-11-07
I'd expect to hear it a lot in Japan. When people are trying to decide on plans, or when someone is trying to figure out what's best to do in a situation, you can expect a lot of 「どうしようかな」s all over the place. That's the example I hear most, but I seem to hear it about a hundred times a day in one form or another (especially the copula だろう).
How common is volitional verb use? - strugglebunny - 2009-11-07
Volitional is used all the time, every single day here. If you think this is conjugation complicated...well, you have a very rough path ahead of you! (I still can't recognized verbs in passive, causative, or passive-causative when spoken to me--especially the slang crap.)
How common is volitional verb use? - Codexus - 2009-11-07
The basic "let's ..." usage is easy but they keep using the volitional form in cases where it doesn't seem to make much sense to use it. But it's just a question of getting used to it.
How common is volitional verb use? - yukamina - 2009-11-07
It's really common. It's used to mean things other than "let's..." as well.
しようとする to try to do
帰ろうと思っています I'm thinking of going home/ I think I'll go home
やっぱり買おうか I guess I should buy it after all?
You can just put a verb into Space ALC and a ton of sentence examples will come up(note: I wrote the ones above).
How common is volitional verb use? - Ryuujin27 - 2009-11-07
Tae Kim has an excellent explanation on the volitional forum used in situations such as coupled with とする and と思う. Check it out: http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/try
How common is volitional verb use? - Rujiel - 2009-11-12
cool site, thanks.