Conjugation

ござる

gozaru

be

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru, polite verb.

Conjugated like くださる, なさる, おっしゃる, いらっしゃる

  • ございます

    The honorific verbs in -aru (いらっしゃる, おっしゃる, くださる, なさる, ござる) take い before ます and in the command: ございます, ござい.

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ございますgozaimasu
    2. negativeございませんgozaimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmativeございましたgozaimashita
    2. negativeございませんでしたgozaimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. ござってgozatte
    2. requestござってくださいgozatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. ございましょうgozaimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmativeございたいgozaitai
    2. negativeございたくないgozaitakunai
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ござるgozaru
    2. negativeござらないgozaranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmativeござったgozatta
    2. negativeござらなかったgozaranakatta

  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ござっているgozatte iru
    2. politeござっていますgozatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plainござれるgozareru
    2. politeござれますgozaremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. ござったらgozattara

  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ござられるgozarareru
    2. politeござられますgozararemasu
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. ござろうgozarō

  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ございgozai
    2. banござるなgozaru 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ござればgozareba
    2. negativeござらなければgozaranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plainござらせるgozaraseru
    2. politeござらせますgozarasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plainござらせられるgozaraserareru
    2. politeござらせられますgozaraseraremasu