Conjugation

構える

かまえるkamaeru

take a stance

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, とろける, 陥れる, 休める

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構えますかまえますkamaemasu
    2. negative構えませんかまえませんkamaemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative構えましたかまえましたkamaemashita
    2. negative構えませんでしたかまえませんでしたkamaemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 構えてかまえてkamaete
    2. request構えてくださいかまえてくださいkamaete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 構えましょうかまえましょうkamaemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative構えたいかまえたいkamaetai
    2. negative構えたくないかまえたくないkamaetakunai
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構えるかまえるkamaeru
    2. negative構えないかまえないkamaenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative構えたかまえたkamaeta
    2. negative構えなかったかまえなかったkamaenakatta

  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構えているかまえているkamaete iru
    2. polite構えていますかまえていますkamaete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain構えられるかまえられるkamaerareru
    2. polite構えられますかまえられますkamaeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 構えたらかまえたらkamaetara

  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構えられるかまえられるkamaerareru
    2. polite構えられますかまえられますkamaeraremasu
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. 構えようかまえようkamaeyō

  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構えろかまえろkamaero
    2. ban構えるなかまえるなkamaeru 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構えればかまえればkamaereba
    2. negative構えなければかまえなければkamaenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain構えさせるかまえさせるkamaesaseru
    2. polite構えさせますかまえさせますkamaesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain構えさせられるかまえさせられるkamaesaserareru
    2. polite構えさせられますかまえさせられますkamaesaseraremasu