Conjugation

仕える

つかえるtsukaeru

serve

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 立てる, 避ける, ぶつける

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仕えますつかえますtsukaemasu
    2. negative仕えませんつかえませんtsukaemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative仕えましたつかえましたtsukaemashita
    2. negative仕えませんでしたつかえませんでしたtsukaemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 仕えてつかえてtsukaete
    2. request仕えてくださいつかえてくださいtsukaete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 仕えましょうつかえましょうtsukaemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative仕えたいつかえたいtsukaetai
    2. negative仕えたくないつかえたくないtsukaetakunai
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仕えるつかえるtsukaeru
    2. negative仕えないつかえないtsukaenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative仕えたつかえたtsukaeta
    2. negative仕えなかったつかえなかったtsukaenakatta

  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仕えているつかえているtsukaete iru
    2. polite仕えていますつかえていますtsukaete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain仕えられるつかえられるtsukaerareru
    2. polite仕えられますつかえられますtsukaeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 仕えたらつかえたらtsukaetara

  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仕えられるつかえられるtsukaerareru
    2. polite仕えられますつかえられますtsukaeraremasu
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. 仕えようつかえようtsukaeyō

  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仕えろつかえろtsukaero
    2. ban仕えるなつかえるなtsukaeru 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仕えればつかえればtsukaereba
    2. negative仕えなければつかえなければtsukaenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain仕えさせるつかえさせるtsukaesaseru
    2. polite仕えさせますつかえさせますtsukaesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain仕えさせられるつかえさせられるtsukaesaserareru
    2. polite仕えさせられますつかえさせられますtsukaesaseraremasu