Conjugation

責める

せめるsemeru

blame

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 突きつける, 目覚める, 欠ける

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責めますせめますsememasu
    2. negative責めませんせめませんsememasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative責めましたせめましたsememashita
    2. negative責めませんでしたせめませんでしたsememasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 責めてせめてsemete
    2. request責めてくださいせめてくださいsemete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 責めましょうせめましょうsememashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative責めたいせめたいsemetai
    2. negative責めたくないせめたくないsemetakunai
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責めるせめるsemeru
    2. negative責めないせめないsemenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative責めたせめたsemeta
    2. negative責めなかったせめなかったsemenakatta

  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責めているせめているsemete iru
    2. polite責めていますせめていますsemete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain責められるせめられるsemerareru
    2. polite責められますせめられますsemeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 責めたらせめたらsemetara

  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責められるせめられるsemerareru
    2. polite責められますせめられますsemeraremasu
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. 責めようせめようsemeyō

  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責めろせめろsemero
    2. ban責めるなせめるなsemeru 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責めればせめればsemereba
    2. negative責めなければせめなければsemenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain責めさせるせめさせるsemesaseru
    2. polite責めさせますせめさせますsemesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain責めさせられるせめさせられるsemesaserareru
    2. polite責めさせられますせめさせられますsemesaseraremasu