Conjugation

避ける

さけるsakeru

avoid

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 負ける, 触れる, 連れる

  • Another 避ける

    Written the same way, 避ける read よける is another verb, with its own page.

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避けますさけますsakemasu
    2. negative避けませんさけませんsakemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative避けましたさけましたsakemashita
    2. negative避けませんでしたさけませんでしたsakemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 避けてさけてsakete
    2. request避けてくださいさけてくださいsakete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 避けましょうさけましょうsakemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative避けたいさけたいsaketai
    2. negative避けたくないさけたくないsaketakunai
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避けるさけるsakeru
    2. negative避けないさけないsakenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative避けたさけたsaketa
    2. negative避けなかったさけなかったsakenakatta

  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避けているさけているsakete iru
    2. polite避けていますさけていますsakete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain避けられるさけられるsakerareru
    2. polite避けられますさけられますsakeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 避けたらさけたらsaketara

  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避けられるさけられるsakerareru
    2. polite避けられますさけられますsakeraremasu
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. 避けようさけようsakeyō

  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避けろさけろsakero
    2. ban避けるなさけるなsakeru 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避ければさければsakereba
    2. negative避けなければさけなければsakenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain避けさせるさけさせるsakesaseru
    2. polite避けさせますさけさせますsakesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain避けさせられるさけさせられるsakesaserareru
    2. polite避けさせられますさけさせられますsakesaseraremasu