Conjugation

例える

たとえるtatoeru

liken

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 裂ける, 授ける, 突きつける

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例えますたとえますtatoemasu
    2. negative例えませんたとえませんtatoemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative例えましたたとえましたtatoemashita
    2. negative例えませんでしたたとえませんでしたtatoemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 例えてたとえてtatoete
    2. request例えてくださいたとえてくださいtatoete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 例えましょうたとえましょうtatoemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative例えたいたとえたいtatoetai
    2. negative例えたくないたとえたくないtatoetakunai
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例えるたとえるtatoeru
    2. negative例えないたとえないtatoenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative例えたたとえたtatoeta
    2. negative例えなかったたとえなかったtatoenakatta

  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例えているたとえているtatoete iru
    2. polite例えていますたとえていますtatoete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain例えられるたとえられるtatoerareru
    2. polite例えられますたとえられますtatoeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 例えたらたとえたらtatoetara

  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例えられるたとえられるtatoerareru
    2. polite例えられますたとえられますtatoeraremasu
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. 例えようたとえようtatoeyō

  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例えろたとえろtatoero
    2. ban例えるなたとえるなtatoeru 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例えればたとえればtatoereba
    2. negative例えなければたとえなければtatoenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain例えさせるたとえさせるtatoesaseru
    2. polite例えさせますたとえさせますtatoesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain例えさせられるたとえさせられるtatoesaserareru
    2. polite例えさせられますたとえさせられますtatoesaseraremasu