Conjugation

勤める

つとめるtsutomeru

work

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 話しかける, 取り入れる, 売れる

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勤めますつとめますtsutomemasu
    2. negative勤めませんつとめませんtsutomemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative勤めましたつとめましたtsutomemashita
    2. negative勤めませんでしたつとめませんでしたtsutomemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 勤めてつとめてtsutomete
    2. request勤めてくださいつとめてくださいtsutomete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 勤めましょうつとめましょうtsutomemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative勤めたいつとめたいtsutometai
    2. negative勤めたくないつとめたくないtsutometakunai
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勤めるつとめるtsutomeru
    2. negative勤めないつとめないtsutomenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative勤めたつとめたtsutometa
    2. negative勤めなかったつとめなかったtsutomenakatta

  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勤めているつとめているtsutomete iru
    2. polite勤めていますつとめていますtsutomete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain勤められるつとめられるtsutomerareru
    2. polite勤められますつとめられますtsutomeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 勤めたらつとめたらtsutometara

  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勤められるつとめられるtsutomerareru
    2. polite勤められますつとめられますtsutomeraremasu
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. 勤めようつとめようtsutomeyō

  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勤めろつとめろtsutomero
    2. ban勤めるなつとめるなtsutomeru 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勤めればつとめればtsutomereba
    2. negative勤めなければつとめなければtsutomenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain勤めさせるつとめさせるtsutomesaseru
    2. polite勤めさせますつとめさせますtsutomesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain勤めさせられるつとめさせられるtsutomesaserareru
    2. polite勤めさせられますつとめさせられますtsutomesaseraremasu