Conjugation

告げる

つげるtsugeru

state

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 攻める, 着せる, 盛り上げる

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告げますつげますtsugemasu
    2. negative告げませんつげませんtsugemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative告げましたつげましたtsugemashita
    2. negative告げませんでしたつげませんでしたtsugemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 告げてつげてtsugete
    2. request告げてくださいつげてくださいtsugete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 告げましょうつげましょうtsugemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative告げたいつげたいtsugetai
    2. negative告げたくないつげたくないtsugetakunai
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告げるつげるtsugeru
    2. negative告げないつげないtsugenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative告げたつげたtsugeta
    2. negative告げなかったつげなかったtsugenakatta

  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告げているつげているtsugete iru
    2. polite告げていますつげていますtsugete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain告げられるつげられるtsugerareru
    2. polite告げられますつげられますtsugeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 告げたらつげたらtsugetara

  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告げられるつげられるtsugerareru
    2. polite告げられますつげられますtsugeraremasu
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. 告げようつげようtsugeyō

  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告げろつげろtsugero
    2. ban告げるなつげるなtsugeru 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告げればつげればtsugereba
    2. negative告げなければつげなければtsugenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain告げさせるつげさせるtsugesaseru
    2. polite告げさせますつげさせますtsugesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain告げさせられるつげさせられるtsugesaserareru
    2. polite告げさせられますつげさせられますtsugesaseraremasu