Conjugation

助ける

たすけるtasukeru

help

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 壊れる, 寝る, 着る

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助けますたすけますtasukemasu
    2. negative助けませんたすけませんtasukemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative助けましたたすけましたtasukemashita
    2. negative助けませんでしたたすけませんでしたtasukemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 助けてたすけてtasukete
    2. request助けてくださいたすけてくださいtasukete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 助けましょうたすけましょうtasukemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative助けたいたすけたいtasuketai
    2. negative助けたくないたすけたくないtasuketakunai
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助けるたすけるtasukeru
    2. negative助けないたすけないtasukenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative助けたたすけたtasuketa
    2. negative助けなかったたすけなかったtasukenakatta

  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助けているたすけているtasukete iru
    2. polite助けていますたすけていますtasukete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain助けられるたすけられるtasukerareru
    2. polite助けられますたすけられますtasukeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 助けたらたすけたらtasuketara

  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助けられるたすけられるtasukerareru
    2. polite助けられますたすけられますtasukeraremasu
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. 助けようたすけようtasukeyō

  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助けろたすけろtasukero
    2. ban助けるなたすけるなtasukeru 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助ければたすければtasukereba
    2. negative助けなければたすけなければtasukenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain助けさせるたすけさせるtasukesaseru
    2. polite助けさせますたすけさせますtasukesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain助けさせられるたすけさせられるtasukesaserareru
    2. polite助けさせられますたすけさせられますtasukesaseraremasu