Conjugation

訪ねる

たずねるtazuneru

visit

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 閉める, 温める, 任せる

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訪ねますたずねますtazunemasu
    2. negative訪ねませんたずねませんtazunemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative訪ねましたたずねましたtazunemashita
    2. negative訪ねませんでしたたずねませんでしたtazunemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 訪ねてたずねてtazunete
    2. request訪ねてくださいたずねてくださいtazunete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 訪ねましょうたずねましょうtazunemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative訪ねたいたずねたいtazunetai
    2. negative訪ねたくないたずねたくないtazunetakunai
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訪ねるたずねるtazuneru
    2. negative訪ねないたずねないtazunenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative訪ねたたずねたtazuneta
    2. negative訪ねなかったたずねなかったtazunenakatta

  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訪ねているたずねているtazunete iru
    2. polite訪ねていますたずねていますtazunete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain訪ねられるたずねられるtazunerareru
    2. polite訪ねられますたずねられますtazuneraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 訪ねたらたずねたらtazunetara

  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訪ねられるたずねられるtazunerareru
    2. polite訪ねられますたずねられますtazuneraremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passive · Respect and modestyAlso show the Intermediate forms (6)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

    Let’s, between friends; with と思う, what you intend to do.

    1. 訪ねようたずねようtazuneyō

  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訪ねろたずねろtazunero
    2. ban訪ねるなたずねるなtazuneru 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訪ねればたずねればtazunereba
    2. negative訪ねなければたずねなければtazunenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain訪ねさせるたずねさせるtazunesaseru
    2. polite訪ねさせますたずねさせますtazunesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain訪ねさせられるたずねさせられるtazunesaserareru
    2. polite訪ねさせられますたずねさせられますtazunesaseraremasu

  6. Respect and modesty

    The verbs that replace this one: respect for what others do, modesty for what you do yourself.

    1. modesty伺いますうかがいますukagaimasu