Conjugation

比べる

くらべるkuraberu

compare

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 流れる, 離れる, 進める

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比べますくらべますkurabemasu
    2. negative比べませんくらべませんkurabemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative比べましたくらべましたkurabemashita
    2. negative比べませんでしたくらべませんでしたkurabemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 比べてくらべてkurabete
    2. request比べてくださいくらべてくださいkurabete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 比べましょうくらべましょうkurabemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative比べたいくらべたいkurabetai
    2. negative比べたくないくらべたくないkurabetakunai
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比べるくらべるkuraberu
    2. negative比べないくらべないkurabenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative比べたくらべたkurabeta
    2. negative比べなかったくらべなかったkurabenakatta

  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比べているくらべているkurabete iru
    2. polite比べていますくらべていますkurabete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain比べられるくらべられるkuraberareru
    2. polite比べられますくらべられますkuraberaremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 比べたらくらべたらkurabetara

  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比べられるくらべられるkuraberareru
    2. polite比べられますくらべられますkuraberaremasu
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. 比べようくらべようkurabeyō

  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比べろくらべろkurabero
    2. ban比べるなくらべるなkuraberu 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比べればくらべればkurabereba
    2. negative比べなければくらべなければkurabenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain比べさせるくらべさせるkurabesaseru
    2. polite比べさせますくらべさせますkurabesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain比べさせられるくらべさせられるkurabesaserareru
    2. polite比べさせられますくらべさせられますkurabesaseraremasu