Conjugation

老いる

おいるoiru

grow old

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 焦げる, 清める, 腫れる

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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老いますおいますoimasu
    2. negative老いませんおいませんoimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative老いましたおいましたoimashita
    2. negative老いませんでしたおいませんでしたoimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 老いておいてoite
    2. request老いてくださいおいてくださいoite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 老いましょうおいましょうoimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative老いたいおいたいoitai
    2. negative老いたくないおいたくないoitakunai
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老いるおいるoiru
    2. negative老いないおいないoinai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative老いたおいたoita
    2. negative老いなかったおいなかったoinakatta

  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老いているおいているoite iru
    2. polite老いていますおいていますoite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain老いられるおいられるoirareru
    2. polite老いられますおいられますoiraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 老いたらおいたらoitara

  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老いられるおいられるoirareru
    2. polite老いられますおいられますoiraremasu
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. 老いようおいようoiyō

  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老いろおいろoiro
    2. ban老いるなおいるなoiru 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老いればおいればoireba
    2. negative老いなければおいなければoinakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain老いさせるおいさせるoisaseru
    2. polite老いさせますおいさせますoisasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain老いさせられるおいさせられるoisaserareru
    2. polite老いさせられますおいさせられますoisaseraremasu