Conjugation

肥える

こえるkoeru

gain weight

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 照れる, 飛び跳ねる, ずれる

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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肥えますこえますkoemasu
    2. negative肥えませんこえませんkoemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative肥えましたこえましたkoemashita
    2. negative肥えませんでしたこえませんでしたkoemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 肥えてこえてkoete
    2. request肥えてくださいこえてくださいkoete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 肥えましょうこえましょうkoemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative肥えたいこえたいkoetai
    2. negative肥えたくないこえたくないkoetakunai
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肥えるこえるkoeru
    2. negative肥えないこえないkoenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative肥えたこえたkoeta
    2. negative肥えなかったこえなかったkoenakatta

  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肥えているこえているkoete iru
    2. polite肥えていますこえていますkoete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain肥えられるこえられるkoerareru
    2. polite肥えられますこえられますkoeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 肥えたらこえたらkoetara

  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肥えられるこえられるkoerareru
    2. polite肥えられますこえられますkoeraremasu
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. 肥えようこえようkoeyō

  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肥えろこえろkoero
    2. ban肥えるなこえるなkoeru 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肥えればこえればkoereba
    2. negative肥えなければこえなければkoenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain肥えさせるこえさせるkoesaseru
    2. polite肥えさせますこえさせますkoesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain肥えさせられるこえさせられるkoesaserareru
    2. polite肥えさせられますこえさせられますkoesaseraremasu