Conjugation

くべる

kuberu

feed a fire

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 待ち合わせる, くわえる, 細める

Newbie

The polite forms to talk about now, the future, and the past, and the te-form of requests.

  1. Polite present · -masu

    What you do, usually or soon, said politely. Japanese has one form for the present and the future.

    1. affirmativeくべますkubemasu
    2. negativeくべませんkubemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

    What you did, or did not do, said politely.

    1. affirmativeくべましたkubemashita
    2. negativeくべませんでしたkubemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

    Links actions (and then…), and with ください asks politely.

    1. くべてkubete
    2. requestくべてくださいkubete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. くべましょうkubemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

    What you want to do. Add です to be polite.

    1. affirmativeくべたいkubetai
    2. negativeくべたくないkubetakunai
BeginnerThe plain forms of everyday speech, what is going on, what you can do, conditions, and the passive.Plain present · dictionary form · Plain past · -ta · Ongoing · -te iru · Potential · If, when · -tara · PassiveAlso show the Beginner forms (6)

  1. Plain present · dictionary form

    Between friends and family, and before a noun or many phrases. It also says the future.

    1. affirmativeくべるkuberu
    2. negativeくべないkubenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

    The past between friends and family, and before a noun.

    1. affirmativeくべたkubeta
    2. negativeくべなかったkubenakatta

  3. Ongoing · -te iru

    What is going on now, a habit, or a state that lasts: 結婚している, to be married.

    1. plainくべているkubete iru
    2. politeくべていますkubete imasu

  4. Potential

    What you can do. Its object often takes が: 日本語が話せる.

    1. plainくべられるkuberareru
    2. politeくべられますkuberaremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

    If or once something happens, and what you found when it did.

    1. くべたらkubetara

  6. Passive

    What is done to someone, often to their regret: に marks who does it. It is also a respectful way to speak of others.

    1. plainくべられるkuberareru
    2. politeくべられますkuberaremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passiveAlso show the Intermediate forms (5)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

    Let’s, between friends; with と思う, what you intend to do.

    1. くべようkubeyō

  2. Command

    A blunt order or ban (〜な), heard in sports, on signs, and between men. Politely, say 〜てください.

    1. orderくべろkubero
    2. banくべるなkuberu na

  3. Condition · -ba

    If…: the condition for what follows. In the negative, it also says what you must do: 〜なければならない.

    1. affirmativeくべればkubereba
    2. negativeくべなければkubenakereba

  4. Causative

    Making or letting someone do something: に or を marks who does it.

    1. plainくべさせるkubesaseru
    2. politeくべさせますkubesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

    Being made to do something you did not want to. In speech, godan verbs often shorten -aserareru to -asareru.

    1. plainくべさせられるkubesaserareru
    2. politeくべさせられますkubesaseraremasu