Conjugation

揃える

そろえるsoroeru

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Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 替える, 尋ねる, 突き止める

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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揃えますそろえますsoroemasu
    2. negative揃えませんそろえませんsoroemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative揃えましたそろえましたsoroemashita
    2. negative揃えませんでしたそろえませんでしたsoroemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 揃えてそろえてsoroete
    2. request揃えてくださいそろえてくださいsoroete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 揃えましょうそろえましょうsoroemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative揃えたいそろえたいsoroetai
    2. negative揃えたくないそろえたくないsoroetakunai
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揃えるそろえるsoroeru
    2. negative揃えないそろえないsoroenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative揃えたそろえたsoroeta
    2. negative揃えなかったそろえなかったsoroenakatta

  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揃えているそろえているsoroete iru
    2. polite揃えていますそろえていますsoroete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain揃えられるそろえられるsoroerareru
    2. polite揃えられますそろえられますsoroeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 揃えたらそろえたらsoroetara

  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揃えられるそろえられるsoroerareru
    2. polite揃えられますそろえられますsoroeraremasu
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. 揃えようそろえようsoroeyō

  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揃えろそろえろsoroero
    2. ban揃えるなそろえるなsoroeru 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揃えればそろえればsoroereba
    2. negative揃えなければそろえなければsoroenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain揃えさせるそろえさせるsoroesaseru
    2. polite揃えさせますそろえさせますsoroesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain揃えさせられるそろえさせられるsoroesaserareru
    2. polite揃えさせられますそろえさせられますsoroesaseraremasu