Conjugation

甘える

あまえるamaeru

seek affection

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 慰める, くたびれる, 緩める

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甘えますあまえますamaemasu
    2. negative甘えませんあまえませんamaemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative甘えましたあまえましたamaemashita
    2. negative甘えませんでしたあまえませんでしたamaemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 甘えてあまえてamaete
    2. request甘えてくださいあまえてくださいamaete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 甘えましょうあまえましょうamaemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative甘えたいあまえたいamaetai
    2. negative甘えたくないあまえたくないamaetakunai
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甘えるあまえるamaeru
    2. negative甘えないあまえないamaenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative甘えたあまえたamaeta
    2. negative甘えなかったあまえなかったamaenakatta

  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甘えているあまえているamaete iru
    2. polite甘えていますあまえていますamaete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain甘えられるあまえられるamaerareru
    2. polite甘えられますあまえられますamaeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 甘えたらあまえたらamaetara

  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甘えられるあまえられるamaerareru
    2. polite甘えられますあまえられますamaeraremasu
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. 甘えようあまえようamaeyō

  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甘えろあまえろamaero
    2. ban甘えるなあまえるなamaeru 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甘えればあまえればamaereba
    2. negative甘えなければあまえなければamaenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain甘えさせるあまえさせるamaesaseru
    2. polite甘えさせますあまえさせますamaesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain甘えさせられるあまえさせられるamaesaserareru
    2. polite甘えさせられますあまえさせられますamaesaseraremasu