Conjugation

微笑む

ほほえむhohoemu

smile

Godan verb, group 1, ending -mu.

Conjugated like 読む, 飲む, 含む, 吸い込む, 縮む, 企む

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微笑みますほほえみますhohoemimasu
    2. negative微笑みませんほほえみませんhohoemimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative微笑みましたほほえみましたhohoemimashita
    2. negative微笑みませんでしたほほえみませんでしたhohoemimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 微笑んでほほえんでhohoende
    2. request微笑んでくださいほほえんでくださいhohoende kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 微笑みましょうほほえみましょうhohoemimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative微笑みたいほほえみたいhohoemitai
    2. negative微笑みたくないほほえみたくないhohoemitakunai
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微笑むほほえむhohoemu
    2. negative微笑まないほほえまないhohoemanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative微笑んだほほえんだhohoenda
    2. negative微笑まなかったほほえまなかったhohoemanakatta

  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微笑んでいるほほえんでいるhohoende iru
    2. polite微笑んでいますほほえんでいますhohoende imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain微笑めるほほえめるhohoemeru
    2. polite微笑めますほほえめますhohoememasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 微笑んだらほほえんだらhohoendara

  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微笑まれるほほえまれるhohoemareru
    2. polite微笑まれますほほえまれますhohoemaremasu
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. 微笑もうほほえもうhohoemō

  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微笑めほほえめhohoeme
    2. ban微笑むなほほえむなhohoemu 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微笑めばほほえめばhohoemeba
    2. negative微笑まなければほほえまなければhohoemanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain微笑ませるほほえませるhohoemaseru
    2. polite微笑ませますほほえませますhohoemasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain微笑ませられるほほえませられるhohoemaserareru
    2. polite微笑ませられますほほえませられますhohoemaseraremasu