Conjugation

上げる

あげるageru

raise

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 吹き替える, 溢れ出る, 飲みすぎる

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上げますあげますagemasu
    2. negative上げませんあげませんagemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative上げましたあげましたagemashita
    2. negative上げませんでしたあげませんでしたagemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 上げてあげてagete
    2. request上げてくださいあげてくださいagete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 上げましょうあげましょうagemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative上げたいあげたいagetai
    2. negative上げたくないあげたくないagetakunai
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上げるあげるageru
    2. negative上げないあげないagenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative上げたあげたageta
    2. negative上げなかったあげなかったagenakatta

  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上げているあげているagete iru
    2. polite上げていますあげていますagete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain上げられるあげられるagerareru
    2. polite上げられますあげられますageraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 上げたらあげたらagetara

  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上げられるあげられるagerareru
    2. polite上げられますあげられますageraremasu
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. 上げようあげようageyō

  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上げろあげろagero
    2. ban上げるなあげるなageru 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上げればあげればagereba
    2. negative上げなければあげなければagenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain上げさせるあげさせるagesaseru
    2. polite上げさせますあげさせますagesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain上げさせられるあげさせられるagesaserareru
    2. polite上げさせられますあげさせられますagesaseraremasu