Conjugation

見える

みえるmieru

be visible

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like 聞こえる

  • No potential

    見える 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見えますみえますmiemasu
    2. negative見えませんみえませんmiemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative見えましたみえましたmiemashita
    2. negative見えませんでしたみえませんでしたmiemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 見えてみえてmiete
    2. request見えてくださいみえてくださいmiete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 見えましょうみえましょうmiemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative見えたいみえたいmietai
    2. negative見えたくないみえたくないmietakunai
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 · If, when · -tara · PassiveAlso show the Beginner forms (5)

  1. Plain present · dictionary form

    Between friends and family, and before a noun or many phrases. It also says the future.

    1. affirmative見えるみえるmieru
    2. negative見えないみえないmienai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative見えたみえたmieta
    2. negative見えなかったみえなかったmienakatta

  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見えているみえているmiete iru
    2. polite見えていますみえていますmiete imasu

  4. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 見えたらみえたらmietara

  5. 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見えられるみえられるmierareru
    2. polite見えられますみえられますmieraremasu
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. 見えようみえようmieyō

  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見えろみえろmiero
    2. ban見えるなみえるなmieru 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見えればみえればmiereba
    2. negative見えなければみえなければmienakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain見えさせるみえさせるmiesaseru
    2. polite見えさせますみえさせますmiesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain見えさせられるみえさせられるmiesaserareru
    2. polite見えさせられますみえさせられますmiesaseraremasu