Conjugation

眺める

ながめるnagameru

gaze at

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 数える, 舐める, 納める

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眺めますながめますnagamemasu
    2. negative眺めませんながめませんnagamemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative眺めましたながめましたnagamemashita
    2. negative眺めませんでしたながめませんでしたnagamemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 眺めてながめてnagamete
    2. request眺めてくださいながめてくださいnagamete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 眺めましょうながめましょうnagamemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative眺めたいながめたいnagametai
    2. negative眺めたくないながめたくないnagametakunai
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眺めるながめるnagameru
    2. negative眺めないながめないnagamenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative眺めたながめたnagameta
    2. negative眺めなかったながめなかったnagamenakatta

  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眺めているながめているnagamete iru
    2. polite眺めていますながめていますnagamete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain眺められるながめられるnagamerareru
    2. polite眺められますながめられますnagameraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 眺めたらながめたらnagametara

  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眺められるながめられるnagamerareru
    2. polite眺められますながめられますnagameraremasu
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. 眺めようながめようnagameyō

  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眺めろながめろnagamero
    2. ban眺めるなながめるなnagameru 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眺めればながめればnagamereba
    2. negative眺めなければながめなければnagamenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain眺めさせるながめさせるnagamesaseru
    2. polite眺めさせますながめさせますnagamesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain眺めさせられるながめさせられるnagamesaserareru
    2. polite眺めさせられますながめさせられますnagamesaseraremasu