Conjugation

真似る

まねるmaneru

imitate

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, けしかける, 芽生える, 蓄える

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真似ますまねますmanemasu
    2. negative真似ませんまねませんmanemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative真似ましたまねましたmanemashita
    2. negative真似ませんでしたまねませんでしたmanemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 真似てまねてmanete
    2. request真似てくださいまねてくださいmanete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 真似ましょうまねましょうmanemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative真似たいまねたいmanetai
    2. negative真似たくないまねたくないmanetakunai
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真似るまねるmaneru
    2. negative真似ないまねないmanenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative真似たまねたmaneta
    2. negative真似なかったまねなかったmanenakatta

  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真似ているまねているmanete iru
    2. polite真似ていますまねていますmanete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain真似られるまねられるmanerareru
    2. polite真似られますまねられますmaneraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 真似たらまねたらmanetara

  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真似られるまねられるmanerareru
    2. polite真似られますまねられますmaneraremasu
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. 真似ようまねようmaneyō

  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真似ろまねろmanero
    2. ban真似るなまねるなmaneru 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真似ればまねればmanereba
    2. negative真似なければまねなければmanenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain真似させるまねさせるmanesaseru
    2. polite真似させますまねさせますmanesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain真似させられるまねさせられるmanesaserareru
    2. polite真似させられますまねさせられますmanesaseraremasu