Conjugation

尋ねる

たずねるtazuneru

ask

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 近づける, 替える, 揃える

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尋ねますたずねますtazunemasu
    2. negative尋ねませんたずねませんtazunemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative尋ねましたたずねましたtazunemashita
    2. negative尋ねませんでしたたずねませんでしたtazunemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 尋ねてたずねてtazunete
    2. request尋ねてくださいたずねてくださいtazunete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 尋ねましょうたずねましょうtazunemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative尋ねたいたずねたいtazunetai
    2. negative尋ねたくないたずねたくないtazunetakunai
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尋ねるたずねるtazuneru
    2. negative尋ねないたずねないtazunenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative尋ねたたずねたtazuneta
    2. negative尋ねなかったたずねなかったtazunenakatta

  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尋ねているたずねているtazunete iru
    2. polite尋ねていますたずねていますtazunete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain尋ねられるたずねられるtazunerareru
    2. polite尋ねられますたずねられますtazuneraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 尋ねたらたずねたらtazunetara

  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尋ねられるたずねられるtazunerareru
    2. polite尋ねられますたずねられますtazuneraremasu
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. 尋ねようたずねようtazuneyō

  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尋ねろたずねろtazunero
    2. ban尋ねるなたずねるなtazuneru 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尋ねればたずねればtazunereba
    2. negative尋ねなければたずねなければtazunenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain尋ねさせるたずねさせるtazunesaseru
    2. polite尋ねさせますたずねさせますtazunesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain尋ねさせられるたずねさせられるtazunesaserareru
    2. polite尋ねさせられますたずねさせられますtazunesaseraremasu