Conjugation

もたれる

motareru

lean back

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 寝違える, 留める, やり続ける

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もたれますmotaremasu
    2. negativeもたれませんmotaremasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmativeもたれましたmotaremashita
    2. negativeもたれませんでしたmotaremasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. もたれてmotarete
    2. requestもたれてくださいmotarete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. もたれましょうmotaremashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmativeもたれたいmotaretai
    2. negativeもたれたくないmotaretakunai
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もたれるmotareru
    2. negativeもたれないmotarenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmativeもたれたmotareta
    2. negativeもたれなかったmotarenakatta

  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もたれているmotarete iru
    2. politeもたれていますmotarete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plainもたれられるmotarerareru
    2. politeもたれられますmotareraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. もたれたらmotaretara

  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もたれられるmotarerareru
    2. politeもたれられますmotareraremasu
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. もたれようmotareyō

  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もたれろmotarero
    2. banもたれるなmotareru 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もたれればmotarereba
    2. negativeもたれなければmotarenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plainもたれさせるmotaresaseru
    2. politeもたれさせますmotaresasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plainもたれさせられるmotaresaserareru
    2. politeもたれさせられますmotaresaseraremasu