Conjugation

吠える

ほえるhoeru

bark

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 生き延びる, 取り上げる, 震える

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吠えますほえますhoemasu
    2. negative吠えませんほえませんhoemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative吠えましたほえましたhoemashita
    2. negative吠えませんでしたほえませんでしたhoemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 吠えてほえてhoete
    2. request吠えてくださいほえてくださいhoete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 吠えましょうほえましょうhoemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative吠えたいほえたいhoetai
    2. negative吠えたくないほえたくないhoetakunai
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吠えるほえるhoeru
    2. negative吠えないほえないhoenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative吠えたほえたhoeta
    2. negative吠えなかったほえなかったhoenakatta

  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吠えているほえているhoete iru
    2. polite吠えていますほえていますhoete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain吠えられるほえられるhoerareru
    2. polite吠えられますほえられますhoeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 吠えたらほえたらhoetara

  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吠えられるほえられるhoerareru
    2. polite吠えられますほえられますhoeraremasu
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. 吠えようほえようhoeyō

  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吠えろほえろhoero
    2. ban吠えるなほえるなhoeru 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吠えればほえればhoereba
    2. negative吠えなければほえなければhoenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain吠えさせるほえさせるhoesaseru
    2. polite吠えさせますほえさせますhoesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain吠えさせられるほえさせられるhoesaserareru
    2. polite吠えさせられますほえさせられますhoesaseraremasu