Conjugation

負ける

まけるmakeru

lose

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 慣れる, 足りる, 触れる

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負けますまけますmakemasu
    2. negative負けませんまけませんmakemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative負けましたまけましたmakemashita
    2. negative負けませんでしたまけませんでしたmakemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 負けてまけてmakete
    2. request負けてくださいまけてくださいmakete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 負けましょうまけましょうmakemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative負けたいまけたいmaketai
    2. negative負けたくないまけたくないmaketakunai
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負けるまけるmakeru
    2. negative負けないまけないmakenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative負けたまけたmaketa
    2. negative負けなかったまけなかったmakenakatta

  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負けているまけているmakete iru
    2. polite負けていますまけていますmakete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain負けられるまけられるmakerareru
    2. polite負けられますまけられますmakeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 負けたらまけたらmaketara

  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負けられるまけられるmakerareru
    2. polite負けられますまけられますmakeraremasu
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. 負けようまけようmakeyō

  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負けろまけろmakero
    2. ban負けるなまけるなmakeru 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負ければまければmakereba
    2. negative負けなければまけなければmakenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain負けさせるまけさせるmakesaseru
    2. polite負けさせますまけさせますmakesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain負けさせられるまけさせられるmakesaserareru
    2. polite負けさせられますまけさせられますmakesaseraremasu