Conjugation

弁護する

べんごするbengo suru

defend

Irregular verb, group 3, noun + する.

Conjugated like する, 勉強する, 注文する, 帰宅する, 帰省する, 拍手する

  • Like する

    弁護する conjugates like する: only する changes, and its potential is 弁護できる.

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弁護しますべんごしますbengo shimasu
    2. negative弁護しませんべんごしませんbengo shimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative弁護しましたべんごしましたbengo shimashita
    2. negative弁護しませんでしたべんごしませんでしたbengo shimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 弁護してべんごしてbengo shite
    2. request弁護してくださいべんごしてくださいbengo shite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 弁護しましょうべんごしましょうbengo shimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative弁護したいべんごしたいbengo shitai
    2. negative弁護したくないべんごしたくないbengo shitakunai
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弁護するべんごするbengo suru
    2. negative弁護しないべんごしないbengo shinai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative弁護したべんごしたbengo shita
    2. negative弁護しなかったべんごしなかったbengo shinakatta

  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弁護しているべんごしているbengo shite iru
    2. polite弁護していますべんごしていますbengo shite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain弁護できるべんごできるbengo dekiru
    2. polite弁護できますべんごできますbengo dekimasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 弁護したらべんごしたらbengo shitara

  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弁護されるべんごされるbengo sareru
    2. polite弁護されますべんごされますbengo saremasu
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. 弁護しようべんごしようbengo shiyō

  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弁護しろべんごしろbengo shiro
    2. ban弁護するなべんごするなbengo suru 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弁護すればべんごすればbengo sureba
    2. negative弁護しなければべんごしなければbengo shinakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain弁護させるべんごさせるbengo saseru
    2. polite弁護させますべんごさせますbengo sasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain弁護させられるべんごさせられるbengo saserareru
    2. polite弁護させられますべんごさせられますbengo saseraremasu