Conjugation

添える

そえるsoeru

rest against

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 当てる, 支える, 透ける

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添えますそえますsoemasu
    2. negative添えませんそえませんsoemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative添えましたそえましたsoemashita
    2. negative添えませんでしたそえませんでしたsoemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 添えてそえてsoete
    2. request添えてくださいそえてくださいsoete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 添えましょうそえましょうsoemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative添えたいそえたいsoetai
    2. negative添えたくないそえたくないsoetakunai
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添えるそえるsoeru
    2. negative添えないそえないsoenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative添えたそえたsoeta
    2. negative添えなかったそえなかったsoenakatta

  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添えているそえているsoete iru
    2. polite添えていますそえていますsoete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain添えられるそえられるsoerareru
    2. polite添えられますそえられますsoeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 添えたらそえたらsoetara

  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添えられるそえられるsoerareru
    2. polite添えられますそえられますsoeraremasu
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. 添えようそえようsoeyō

  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添えろそえろsoero
    2. ban添えるなそえるなsoeru 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添えればそえればsoereba
    2. negative添えなければそえなければsoenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain添えさせるそえさせるsoesaseru
    2. polite添えさせますそえさせますsoesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain添えさせられるそえさせられるsoesaserareru
    2. polite添えさせられますそえさせられますsoesaseraremasu