Conjugation

建てる

たてるtateru

build

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 吠える, 震える, 確かめる

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建てますたてますtatemasu
    2. negative建てませんたてませんtatemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative建てましたたてましたtatemashita
    2. negative建てませんでしたたてませんでしたtatemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 建ててたててtatete
    2. request建ててくださいたててくださいtatete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 建てましょうたてましょうtatemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative建てたいたてたいtatetai
    2. negative建てたくないたてたくないtatetakunai
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建てるたてるtateru
    2. negative建てないたてないtatenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative建てたたてたtateta
    2. negative建てなかったたてなかったtatenakatta

  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建てているたてているtatete iru
    2. polite建てていますたてていますtatete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain建てられるたてられるtaterareru
    2. polite建てられますたてられますtateraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 建てたらたてたらtatetara

  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建てられるたてられるtaterareru
    2. polite建てられますたてられますtateraremasu
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. 建てようたてようtateyō

  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建てろたてろtatero
    2. ban建てるなたてるなtateru 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建てればたてればtatereba
    2. negative建てなければたてなければtatenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain建てさせるたてさせるtatesaseru
    2. polite建てさせますたてさせますtatesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain建てさせられるたてさせられるtatesaserareru
    2. polite建てさせられますたてさせられますtatesaseraremasu