Conjugation

捉える

とらえるtoraeru

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Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 耐える, 備える, 遅れる

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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捉えますとらえますtoraemasu
    2. negative捉えませんとらえませんtoraemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative捉えましたとらえましたtoraemashita
    2. negative捉えませんでしたとらえませんでしたtoraemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 捉えてとらえてtoraete
    2. request捉えてくださいとらえてくださいtoraete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 捉えましょうとらえましょうtoraemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative捉えたいとらえたいtoraetai
    2. negative捉えたくないとらえたくないtoraetakunai
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捉えるとらえるtoraeru
    2. negative捉えないとらえないtoraenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative捉えたとらえたtoraeta
    2. negative捉えなかったとらえなかったtoraenakatta

  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捉えているとらえているtoraete iru
    2. polite捉えていますとらえていますtoraete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain捉えられるとらえられるtoraerareru
    2. polite捉えられますとらえられますtoraeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 捉えたらとらえたらtoraetara

  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捉えられるとらえられるtoraerareru
    2. polite捉えられますとらえられますtoraeraremasu
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. 捉えようとらえようtoraeyō

  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捉えろとらえろtoraero
    2. ban捉えるなとらえるなtoraeru 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捉えればとらえればtoraereba
    2. negative捉えなければとらえなければtoraenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain捉えさせるとらえさせるtoraesaseru
    2. polite捉えさせますとらえさせますtoraesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain捉えさせられるとらえさせられるtoraesaserareru
    2. polite捉えさせられますとらえさせられますtoraesaseraremasu