Conjugation

始める

はじめるhajimeru

start

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 食べる, 入れる, 掛ける

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始めますはじめますhajimemasu
    2. negative始めませんはじめませんhajimemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative始めましたはじめましたhajimemashita
    2. negative始めませんでしたはじめませんでしたhajimemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 始めてはじめてhajimete
    2. request始めてくださいはじめてくださいhajimete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 始めましょうはじめましょうhajimemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative始めたいはじめたいhajimetai
    2. negative始めたくないはじめたくないhajimetakunai
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始めるはじめるhajimeru
    2. negative始めないはじめないhajimenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative始めたはじめたhajimeta
    2. negative始めなかったはじめなかったhajimenakatta

  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始めているはじめているhajimete iru
    2. polite始めていますはじめていますhajimete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain始められるはじめられるhajimerareru
    2. polite始められますはじめられますhajimeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 始めたらはじめたらhajimetara

  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始められるはじめられるhajimerareru
    2. polite始められますはじめられますhajimeraremasu
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. 始めようはじめようhajimeyō

  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始めろはじめろhajimero
    2. ban始めるなはじめるなhajimeru 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始めればはじめればhajimereba
    2. negative始めなければはじめなければhajimenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain始めさせるはじめさせるhajimesaseru
    2. polite始めさせますはじめさせますhajimesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain始めさせられるはじめさせられるhajimesaserareru
    2. polite始めさせられますはじめさせられますhajimesaseraremasu