Conjugation

褒める

ほめるhomeru

praise

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 捕まえる, 倒れる, 埋める

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褒めますほめますhomemasu
    2. negative褒めませんほめませんhomemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative褒めましたほめましたhomemashita
    2. negative褒めませんでしたほめませんでしたhomemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 褒めてほめてhomete
    2. request褒めてくださいほめてくださいhomete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 褒めましょうほめましょうhomemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative褒めたいほめたいhometai
    2. negative褒めたくないほめたくないhometakunai
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褒めるほめるhomeru
    2. negative褒めないほめないhomenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative褒めたほめたhometa
    2. negative褒めなかったほめなかったhomenakatta

  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褒めているほめているhomete iru
    2. polite褒めていますほめていますhomete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain褒められるほめられるhomerareru
    2. polite褒められますほめられますhomeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 褒めたらほめたらhometara

  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褒められるほめられるhomerareru
    2. polite褒められますほめられますhomeraremasu
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. 褒めようほめようhomeyō

  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褒めろほめろhomero
    2. ban褒めるなほめるなhomeru 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褒めればほめればhomereba
    2. negative褒めなければほめなければhomenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain褒めさせるほめさせるhomesaseru
    2. polite褒めさせますほめさせますhomesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain褒めさせられるほめさせられるhomesaserareru
    2. polite褒めさせられますほめさせられますhomesaseraremasu