Conjugation

やめる

yameru

stop

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, あげる, 続ける, 忘れる

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やめますyamemasu
    2. negativeやめませんyamemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmativeやめましたyamemashita
    2. negativeやめませんでしたyamemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. やめてyamete
    2. requestやめてくださいyamete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. やめましょうyamemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmativeやめたいyametai
    2. negativeやめたくないyametakunai
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やめるyameru
    2. negativeやめないyamenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmativeやめたyameta
    2. negativeやめなかったyamenakatta

  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やめているyamete iru
    2. politeやめていますyamete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plainやめられるyamerareru
    2. politeやめられますyameraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. やめたらyametara

  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やめられるyamerareru
    2. politeやめられますyameraremasu
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. やめようyameyō

  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やめろyamero
    2. banやめるなyameru 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やめればyamereba
    2. negativeやめなければyamenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plainやめさせるyamesaseru
    2. politeやめさせますyamesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plainやめさせられるyamesaserareru
    2. politeやめさせられますyamesaseraremasu