Conjugation

詫びる

わびるwabiru

apologize

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 差し替える, すねる, 笑いかける

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詫びますわびますwabimasu
    2. negative詫びませんわびませんwabimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative詫びましたわびましたwabimashita
    2. negative詫びませんでしたわびませんでしたwabimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 詫びてわびてwabite
    2. request詫びてくださいわびてくださいwabite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 詫びましょうわびましょうwabimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative詫びたいわびたいwabitai
    2. negative詫びたくないわびたくないwabitakunai
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詫びるわびるwabiru
    2. negative詫びないわびないwabinai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative詫びたわびたwabita
    2. negative詫びなかったわびなかったwabinakatta

  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詫びているわびているwabite iru
    2. polite詫びていますわびていますwabite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain詫びられるわびられるwabirareru
    2. polite詫びられますわびられますwabiraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 詫びたらわびたらwabitara

  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詫びられるわびられるwabirareru
    2. polite詫びられますわびられますwabiraremasu
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. 詫びようわびようwabiyō

  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詫びろわびろwabiro
    2. ban詫びるなわびるなwabiru 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詫びればわびればwabireba
    2. negative詫びなければわびなければwabinakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain詫びさせるわびさせるwabisaseru
    2. polite詫びさせますわびさせますwabisasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain詫びさせられるわびさせられるwabisaserareru
    2. polite詫びさせられますわびさせられますwabisaseraremasu