Conjugation

迎える

むかえるmukaeru

welcome

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 集める, 捨てる, 逃げる

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迎えますむかえますmukaemasu
    2. negative迎えませんむかえませんmukaemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative迎えましたむかえましたmukaemashita
    2. negative迎えませんでしたむかえませんでしたmukaemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 迎えてむかえてmukaete
    2. request迎えてくださいむかえてくださいmukaete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 迎えましょうむかえましょうmukaemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative迎えたいむかえたいmukaetai
    2. negative迎えたくないむかえたくないmukaetakunai
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迎えるむかえるmukaeru
    2. negative迎えないむかえないmukaenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative迎えたむかえたmukaeta
    2. negative迎えなかったむかえなかったmukaenakatta

  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迎えているむかえているmukaete iru
    2. polite迎えていますむかえていますmukaete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain迎えられるむかえられるmukaerareru
    2. polite迎えられますむかえられますmukaeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 迎えたらむかえたらmukaetara

  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迎えられるむかえられるmukaerareru
    2. polite迎えられますむかえられますmukaeraremasu
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. 迎えようむかえようmukaeyō

  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迎えろむかえろmukaero
    2. ban迎えるなむかえるなmukaeru 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迎えればむかえればmukaereba
    2. negative迎えなければむかえなければmukaenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain迎えさせるむかえさせるmukaesaseru
    2. polite迎えさせますむかえさせますmukaesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain迎えさせられるむかえさせられるmukaesaserareru
    2. polite迎えさせられますむかえさせられますmukaesaseraremasu