Conjugation

要る

いるiru

need

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

  • Godan, not ichidan

    It ends in -iru or -eru, but it is a godan verb: 要ります, 要らない.

  • No potential

    要る already says an ability or a state: it has no potential form.

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要りますいりますirimasu
    2. negative要りませんいりませんirimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative要りましたいりましたirimashita
    2. negative要りませんでしたいりませんでしたirimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 要っていってitte
    2. request要ってくださいいってくださいitte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 要りましょういりましょうirimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative要りたいいりたいiritai
    2. negative要りたくないいりたくないiritakunai