Conjugation

数える

かぞえるkazoeru

count

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 届ける, 叶える, 舐める

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数えますかぞえますkazoemasu
    2. negative数えませんかぞえませんkazoemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative数えましたかぞえましたkazoemashita
    2. negative数えませんでしたかぞえませんでしたkazoemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 数えてかぞえてkazoete
    2. request数えてくださいかぞえてくださいkazoete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 数えましょうかぞえましょうkazoemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative数えたいかぞえたいkazoetai
    2. negative数えたくないかぞえたくないkazoetakunai
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数えるかぞえるkazoeru
    2. negative数えないかぞえないkazoenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative数えたかぞえたkazoeta
    2. negative数えなかったかぞえなかったkazoenakatta

  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数えているかぞえているkazoete iru
    2. polite数えていますかぞえていますkazoete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain数えられるかぞえられるkazoerareru
    2. polite数えられますかぞえられますkazoeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 数えたらかぞえたらkazoetara

  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数えられるかぞえられるkazoerareru
    2. polite数えられますかぞえられますkazoeraremasu
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. 数えようかぞえようkazoeyō

  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数えろかぞえろkazoero
    2. ban数えるなかぞえるなkazoeru 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数えればかぞえればkazoereba
    2. negative数えなければかぞえなければkazoenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain数えさせるかぞえさせるkazoesaseru
    2. polite数えさせますかぞえさせますkazoesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain数えさせられるかぞえさせられるkazoesaserareru
    2. polite数えさせられますかぞえさせられますkazoesaseraremasu