Conjugation

備える

そなえるsonaeru

prepare

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 分ける, 耐える, 捉える

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備えますそなえますsonaemasu
    2. negative備えませんそなえませんsonaemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative備えましたそなえましたsonaemashita
    2. negative備えませんでしたそなえませんでしたsonaemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 備えてそなえてsonaete
    2. request備えてくださいそなえてくださいsonaete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 備えましょうそなえましょうsonaemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative備えたいそなえたいsonaetai
    2. negative備えたくないそなえたくないsonaetakunai
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備えるそなえるsonaeru
    2. negative備えないそなえないsonaenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative備えたそなえたsonaeta
    2. negative備えなかったそなえなかったsonaenakatta

  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備えているそなえているsonaete iru
    2. polite備えていますそなえていますsonaete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain備えられるそなえられるsonaerareru
    2. polite備えられますそなえられますsonaeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 備えたらそなえたらsonaetara

  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備えられるそなえられるsonaerareru
    2. polite備えられますそなえられますsonaeraremasu
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. 備えようそなえようsonaeyō

  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備えろそなえろsonaero
    2. ban備えるなそなえるなsonaeru 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備えればそなえればsonaereba
    2. negative備えなければそなえなければsonaenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain備えさせるそなえさせるsonaesaseru
    2. polite備えさせますそなえさせますsonaesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain備えさせられるそなえさせられるsonaesaserareru
    2. polite備えさせられますそなえさせられますsonaesaseraremasu