Conjugation

留める

とめるtomeru

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Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 並べ替える, 寝違える, もたれる

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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留めますとめますtomemasu
    2. negative留めませんとめませんtomemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative留めましたとめましたtomemashita
    2. negative留めませんでしたとめませんでしたtomemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 留めてとめてtomete
    2. request留めてくださいとめてくださいtomete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 留めましょうとめましょうtomemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative留めたいとめたいtometai
    2. negative留めたくないとめたくないtometakunai
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留めるとめるtomeru
    2. negative留めないとめないtomenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative留めたとめたtometa
    2. negative留めなかったとめなかったtomenakatta

  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留めているとめているtomete iru
    2. polite留めていますとめていますtomete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain留められるとめられるtomerareru
    2. polite留められますとめられますtomeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 留めたらとめたらtometara

  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留められるとめられるtomerareru
    2. polite留められますとめられますtomeraremasu
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. 留めようとめようtomeyō

  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留めろとめろtomero
    2. ban留めるなとめるなtomeru 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留めればとめればtomereba
    2. negative留めなければとめなければtomenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain留めさせるとめさせるtomesaseru
    2. polite留めさせますとめさせますtomesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain留めさせられるとめさせられるtomesaserareru
    2. polite留めさせられますとめさせられますtomesaseraremasu