Conjugation

加える

くわえるkuwaeru

add

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 迎える, 逃げる, 流れる

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加えますくわえますkuwaemasu
    2. negative加えませんくわえませんkuwaemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative加えましたくわえましたkuwaemashita
    2. negative加えませんでしたくわえませんでしたkuwaemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 加えてくわえてkuwaete
    2. request加えてくださいくわえてくださいkuwaete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 加えましょうくわえましょうkuwaemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative加えたいくわえたいkuwaetai
    2. negative加えたくないくわえたくないkuwaetakunai
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加えるくわえるkuwaeru
    2. negative加えないくわえないkuwaenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative加えたくわえたkuwaeta
    2. negative加えなかったくわえなかったkuwaenakatta

  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加えているくわえているkuwaete iru
    2. polite加えていますくわえていますkuwaete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain加えられるくわえられるkuwaerareru
    2. polite加えられますくわえられますkuwaeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 加えたらくわえたらkuwaetara

  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加えられるくわえられるkuwaerareru
    2. polite加えられますくわえられますkuwaeraremasu
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. 加えようくわえようkuwaeyō

  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加えろくわえろkuwaero
    2. ban加えるなくわえるなkuwaeru 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加えればくわえればkuwaereba
    2. negative加えなければくわえなければkuwaenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain加えさせるくわえさせるkuwaesaseru
    2. polite加えさせますくわえさせますkuwaesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain加えさせられるくわえさせられるkuwaesaserareru
    2. polite加えさせられますくわえさせられますkuwaesaseraremasu