Conjugation

目立つ

めだつmedatsu

stand out

Godan verb, group 1, ending -tsu.

Conjugated like 持つ, 待つ, 勝つ, 経つ, 撃つ, 打つ

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目立ちますめだちますmedachimasu
    2. negative目立ちませんめだちませんmedachimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative目立ちましためだちましたmedachimashita
    2. negative目立ちませんでしためだちませんでしたmedachimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 目立ってめだってmedatte
    2. request目立ってくださいめだってくださいmedatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 目立ちましょうめだちましょうmedachimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative目立ちたいめだちたいmedachitai
    2. negative目立ちたくないめだちたくないmedachitakunai
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目立つめだつmedatsu
    2. negative目立たないめだたないmedatanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative目立っためだったmedatta
    2. negative目立たなかっためだたなかったmedatanakatta

  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目立っているめだっているmedatte iru
    2. polite目立っていますめだっていますmedatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain目立てるめだてるmedateru
    2. polite目立てますめだてますmedatemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 目立ったらめだったらmedattara

  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目立たれるめだたれるmedatareru
    2. polite目立たれますめだたれますmedataremasu
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. 目立とうめだとうmedatō

  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目立てめだてmedate
    2. ban目立つなめだつなmedatsu 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目立てばめだてばmedateba
    2. negative目立たなければめだたなければmedatanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain目立たせるめだたせるmedataseru
    2. polite目立たせますめだたせますmedatasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain目立たせられるめだたせられるmedataserareru
    2. polite目立たせられますめだたせられますmedataseraremasu