Conjugation

くれる

kureru

give

Ichidan verb, group 2.

  • Command くれ

    くれる gives the command くれ, not くれろ.

  • Not to be confused with あげる and もらう

    あげる: you give to someone else (友達にあげる); くれる: someone gives to you or your side (友達がくれた); もらう: you receive (友達にもらった).

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くれますkuremasu
    2. negativeくれませんkuremasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmativeくれましたkuremashita
    2. negativeくれませんでしたkuremasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. くれてkurete

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. くれましょうkuremashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmativeくれたいkuretai
    2. negativeくれたくないkuretakunai
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くれるkureru
    2. negativeくれないkurenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmativeくれたkureta
    2. negativeくれなかったkurenakatta

  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くれているkurete iru
    2. politeくれていますkurete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plainくれられるkurerareru
    2. politeくれられますkureraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. くれたらkuretara

  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くれられるkurerareru
    2. politeくれられますkureraremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passive · Respect and modestyAlso show the Intermediate forms (6)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

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

    1. くれようkureyō

  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くれkure
    2. banくれるなkureru 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くれればkurereba
    2. negativeくれなければkurenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plainくれさせるkuresaseru
    2. politeくれさせますkuresasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plainくれさせられるkuresaserareru
    2. politeくれさせられますkuresaseraremasu

  6. Respect and modesty

    The verbs that replace this one: respect for what others do, modesty for what you do yourself.

    1. respectくださいますkudasaimasu