Conjugation

捕まる

つかまるtsukamaru

get caught

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 詰まる, 載る, 治る

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捕まりますつかまりますtsukamarimasu
    2. negative捕まりませんつかまりませんtsukamarimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative捕まりましたつかまりましたtsukamarimashita
    2. negative捕まりませんでしたつかまりませんでしたtsukamarimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 捕まってつかまってtsukamatte
    2. request捕まってくださいつかまってくださいtsukamatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 捕まりましょうつかまりましょうtsukamarimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative捕まりたいつかまりたいtsukamaritai
    2. negative捕まりたくないつかまりたくないtsukamaritakunai
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捕まるつかまるtsukamaru
    2. negative捕まらないつかまらないtsukamaranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative捕まったつかまったtsukamatta
    2. negative捕まらなかったつかまらなかったtsukamaranakatta

  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捕まっているつかまっているtsukamatte iru
    2. polite捕まっていますつかまっていますtsukamatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain捕まれるつかまれるtsukamareru
    2. polite捕まれますつかまれますtsukamaremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 捕まったらつかまったらtsukamattara

  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捕まられるつかまられるtsukamarareru
    2. polite捕まられますつかまられますtsukamararemasu
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. 捕まろうつかまろうtsukamarō

  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捕まれつかまれtsukamare
    2. ban捕まるなつかまるなtsukamaru 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捕まればつかまればtsukamareba
    2. negative捕まらなければつかまらなければtsukamaranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain捕まらせるつかまらせるtsukamaraseru
    2. polite捕まらせますつかまらせますtsukamarasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain捕まらせられるつかまらせられるtsukamaraserareru
    2. polite捕まらせられますつかまらせられますtsukamaraseraremasu