Conjugation

見比べる

みくらべるmikuraberu

compare visually

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 組み立てる, 曲げる, 問い詰める

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見比べますみくらべますmikurabemasu
    2. negative見比べませんみくらべませんmikurabemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative見比べましたみくらべましたmikurabemashita
    2. negative見比べませんでしたみくらべませんでしたmikurabemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 見比べてみくらべてmikurabete
    2. request見比べてくださいみくらべてくださいmikurabete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 見比べましょうみくらべましょうmikurabemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative見比べたいみくらべたいmikurabetai
    2. negative見比べたくないみくらべたくないmikurabetakunai
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見比べるみくらべるmikuraberu
    2. negative見比べないみくらべないmikurabenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative見比べたみくらべたmikurabeta
    2. negative見比べなかったみくらべなかったmikurabenakatta

  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見比べているみくらべているmikurabete iru
    2. polite見比べていますみくらべていますmikurabete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain見比べられるみくらべられるmikuraberareru
    2. polite見比べられますみくらべられますmikuraberaremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 見比べたらみくらべたらmikurabetara

  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見比べられるみくらべられるmikuraberareru
    2. polite見比べられますみくらべられますmikuraberaremasu
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. 見比べようみくらべようmikurabeyō

  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見比べろみくらべろmikurabero
    2. ban見比べるなみくらべるなmikuraberu 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見比べればみくらべればmikurabereba
    2. negative見比べなければみくらべなければmikurabenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain見比べさせるみくらべさせるmikurabesaseru
    2. polite見比べさせますみくらべさせますmikurabesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain見比べさせられるみくらべさせられるmikurabesaserareru
    2. polite見比べさせられますみくらべさせられますmikurabesaseraremasu