Conjugation

遅れる

おくれるokureru

be late

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 備える, 捉える, 抱える

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遅れますおくれますokuremasu
    2. negative遅れませんおくれませんokuremasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative遅れましたおくれましたokuremashita
    2. negative遅れませんでしたおくれませんでしたokuremasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 遅れておくれてokurete
    2. request遅れてくださいおくれてくださいokurete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 遅れましょうおくれましょうokuremashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative遅れたいおくれたいokuretai
    2. negative遅れたくないおくれたくないokuretakunai
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遅れるおくれるokureru
    2. negative遅れないおくれないokurenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative遅れたおくれたokureta
    2. negative遅れなかったおくれなかったokurenakatta

  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遅れているおくれているokurete iru
    2. polite遅れていますおくれていますokurete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain遅れられるおくれられるokurerareru
    2. polite遅れられますおくれられますokureraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 遅れたらおくれたらokuretara

  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遅れられるおくれられるokurerareru
    2. polite遅れられますおくれられますokureraremasu
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. 遅れようおくれようokureyō

  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遅れろおくれろokurero
    2. ban遅れるなおくれるなokureru 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遅れればおくれればokurereba
    2. negative遅れなければおくれなければokurenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain遅れさせるおくれさせるokuresaseru
    2. polite遅れさせますおくれさせますokuresasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain遅れさせられるおくれさせられるokuresaserareru
    2. polite遅れさせられますおくれさせられますokuresaseraremasu