Conjugation

調べる

しらべるshiraberu

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Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 伝える, 合わせる, 向ける

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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調べますしらべますshirabemasu
    2. negative調べませんしらべませんshirabemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative調べましたしらべましたshirabemashita
    2. negative調べませんでしたしらべませんでしたshirabemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 調べてしらべてshirabete
    2. request調べてくださいしらべてくださいshirabete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 調べましょうしらべましょうshirabemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative調べたいしらべたいshirabetai
    2. negative調べたくないしらべたくないshirabetakunai
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調べるしらべるshiraberu
    2. negative調べないしらべないshirabenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative調べたしらべたshirabeta
    2. negative調べなかったしらべなかったshirabenakatta

  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調べているしらべているshirabete iru
    2. polite調べていますしらべていますshirabete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain調べられるしらべられるshiraberareru
    2. polite調べられますしらべられますshiraberaremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 調べたらしらべたらshirabetara

  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調べられるしらべられるshiraberareru
    2. polite調べられますしらべられますshiraberaremasu
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. 調べようしらべようshirabeyō

  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調べろしらべろshirabero
    2. ban調べるなしらべるなshiraberu 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調べればしらべればshirabereba
    2. negative調べなければしらべなければshirabenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain調べさせるしらべさせるshirabesaseru
    2. polite調べさせますしらべさせますshirabesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain調べさせられるしらべさせられるshirabesaserareru
    2. polite調べさせられますしらべさせられますshirabesaseraremasu