Conjugation

向ける

むけるmukeru

turn

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 合わせる, 調べる, 集める

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向けますむけますmukemasu
    2. negative向けませんむけませんmukemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative向けましたむけましたmukemashita
    2. negative向けませんでしたむけませんでしたmukemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 向けてむけてmukete
    2. request向けてくださいむけてくださいmukete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 向けましょうむけましょうmukemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative向けたいむけたいmuketai
    2. negative向けたくないむけたくないmuketakunai
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向けるむけるmukeru
    2. negative向けないむけないmukenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative向けたむけたmuketa
    2. negative向けなかったむけなかったmukenakatta

  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向けているむけているmukete iru
    2. polite向けていますむけていますmukete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain向けられるむけられるmukerareru
    2. polite向けられますむけられますmukeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 向けたらむけたらmuketara

  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向けられるむけられるmukerareru
    2. polite向けられますむけられますmukeraremasu
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. 向けようむけようmukeyō

  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向けろむけろmukero
    2. ban向けるなむけるなmukeru 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向ければむければmukereba
    2. negative向けなければむけなければmukenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain向けさせるむけさせるmukesaseru
    2. polite向けさせますむけさせますmukesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain向けさせられるむけさせられるmukesaserareru
    2. polite向けさせられますむけさせられますmukesaseraremasu