Conjugation

鍛える

きたえるkitaeru

strengthen

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 打ち明ける, 折れる, 整える

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鍛えますきたえますkitaemasu
    2. negative鍛えませんきたえませんkitaemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative鍛えましたきたえましたkitaemashita
    2. negative鍛えませんでしたきたえませんでしたkitaemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 鍛えてきたえてkitaete
    2. request鍛えてくださいきたえてくださいkitaete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 鍛えましょうきたえましょうkitaemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative鍛えたいきたえたいkitaetai
    2. negative鍛えたくないきたえたくないkitaetakunai
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鍛えるきたえるkitaeru
    2. negative鍛えないきたえないkitaenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative鍛えたきたえたkitaeta
    2. negative鍛えなかったきたえなかったkitaenakatta

  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鍛えているきたえているkitaete iru
    2. polite鍛えていますきたえていますkitaete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain鍛えられるきたえられるkitaerareru
    2. polite鍛えられますきたえられますkitaeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 鍛えたらきたえたらkitaetara

  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鍛えられるきたえられるkitaerareru
    2. polite鍛えられますきたえられますkitaeraremasu
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. 鍛えようきたえようkitaeyō

  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鍛えろきたえろkitaero
    2. ban鍛えるなきたえるなkitaeru 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鍛えればきたえればkitaereba
    2. negative鍛えなければきたえなければkitaenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain鍛えさせるきたえさせるkitaesaseru
    2. polite鍛えさせますきたえさせますkitaesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain鍛えさせられるきたえさせられるkitaesaserareru
    2. polite鍛えさせられますきたえさせられますkitaesaseraremasu