Conjugation

憧れる

あこがれるakogareru

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Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 免れる, 割れる, 明ける

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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憧れますあこがれますakogaremasu
    2. negative憧れませんあこがれませんakogaremasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative憧れましたあこがれましたakogaremashita
    2. negative憧れませんでしたあこがれませんでしたakogaremasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 憧れてあこがれてakogarete
    2. request憧れてくださいあこがれてくださいakogarete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 憧れましょうあこがれましょうakogaremashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative憧れたいあこがれたいakogaretai
    2. negative憧れたくないあこがれたくないakogaretakunai
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憧れるあこがれるakogareru
    2. negative憧れないあこがれないakogarenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative憧れたあこがれたakogareta
    2. negative憧れなかったあこがれなかったakogarenakatta

  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憧れているあこがれているakogarete iru
    2. polite憧れていますあこがれていますakogarete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain憧れられるあこがれられるakogarerareru
    2. polite憧れられますあこがれられますakogareraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 憧れたらあこがれたらakogaretara

  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憧れられるあこがれられるakogarerareru
    2. polite憧れられますあこがれられますakogareraremasu
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. 憧れようあこがれようakogareyō

  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憧れろあこがれろakogarero
    2. ban憧れるなあこがれるなakogareru 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憧れればあこがれればakogarereba
    2. negative憧れなければあこがれなければakogarenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain憧れさせるあこがれさせるakogaresaseru
    2. polite憧れさせますあこがれさせますakogaresasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain憧れさせられるあこがれさせられるakogaresaserareru
    2. polite憧れさせられますあこがれさせられますakogaresaseraremasu