Conjugation

撫でる

なでるnaderu

stroke

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 埋もれる, 投げつける, 裂ける

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撫でますなでますnademasu
    2. negative撫でませんなでませんnademasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative撫でましたなでましたnademashita
    2. negative撫でませんでしたなでませんでしたnademasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 撫でてなでてnadete
    2. request撫でてくださいなでてくださいnadete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 撫でましょうなでましょうnademashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative撫でたいなでたいnadetai
    2. negative撫でたくないなでたくないnadetakunai
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撫でるなでるnaderu
    2. negative撫でないなでないnadenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative撫でたなでたnadeta
    2. negative撫でなかったなでなかったnadenakatta

  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撫でているなでているnadete iru
    2. polite撫でていますなでていますnadete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain撫でられるなでられるnaderareru
    2. polite撫でられますなでられますnaderaremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 撫でたらなでたらnadetara

  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撫でられるなでられるnaderareru
    2. polite撫でられますなでられますnaderaremasu
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. 撫でようなでようnadeyō

  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撫でろなでろnadero
    2. ban撫でるななでるなnaderu 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撫でればなでればnadereba
    2. negative撫でなければなでなければnadenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain撫でさせるなでさせるnadesaseru
    2. polite撫でさせますなでさせますnadesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain撫でさせられるなでさせられるnadesaserareru
    2. polite撫でさせられますなでさせられますnadesaseraremasu