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I was given a table by my book:

![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/nfAREl.jpg)

The pattern I spotted is, except for u-dropping verbs ending in つ, we have
that every verb preserves its consonant (s, k, g, m, n, b, w or r) when
conjugated. Thus, this simplifies to the following pattern: for masu form,
consonant plus imasu and, for nai form, consonant plus nai. For example, to
conjugate およぐ (oyogu) in masu form we have to first drop the u vowel because
it's a u-dropping verb, then we need to make sure we are able to adjunct imasu
while preserving the consonant g. The only syllable that allow us to do this
is ぎ (gi), so we have およぎます (oyogimasu). Analogously, the same method can be
used to conjugate the verb to nai form. Like always, there are exceptions.
Consider the verb ある (exist), which patterns as a u-dropping verb until it is
conjugated in nai form. That is, ない. Another example is きる (wear), whose nai
form is きない instead of きらない if we were to use the method above. However, there
is another verb whose dictionary form is also きる (cut), but its nai form is
きらない.

My question is: is it advisible to use this pattern?
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Conjugation patterns for u-dropping verbs
Yes, another name for u-verb is "consonant-stem verb", which means the last
consonant before the u-vowel will be preserved, and the last u will be changed
to a/i/e/o. For example, かく _kaku_ can conjugate like _ka **k** anai_, _ka
**k** imasu_, _ka **k** e_, and _ka **k** ō_. This table basically shows most
Japanese verbs are very regular and easy to remember.

By the way, 着る【きる】 meaning "to wear" is a **regular** ru-verb (aka vowel-stem
or ichidan verb). There is nothing exceptional. You just have to remember the
verb type; one きる is a regular ru-verb and the other きる is a regular u-verb.
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