Conjugation

開ける

あけるakeru

open

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 明ける, 空ける, 生き延びる

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開けますあけますakemasu
    2. negative開けませんあけませんakemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative開けましたあけましたakemashita
    2. negative開けませんでしたあけませんでしたakemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 開けてあけてakete
    2. request開けてくださいあけてくださいakete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 開けましょうあけましょうakemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative開けたいあけたいaketai
    2. negative開けたくないあけたくないaketakunai
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開けるあけるakeru
    2. negative開けないあけないakenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative開けたあけたaketa
    2. negative開けなかったあけなかったakenakatta

  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開けているあけているakete iru
    2. polite開けていますあけていますakete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain開けられるあけられるakerareru
    2. polite開けられますあけられますakeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 開けたらあけたらaketara

  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開けられるあけられるakerareru
    2. polite開けられますあけられますakeraremasu
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. 開けようあけようakeyō

  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開けろあけろakero
    2. ban開けるなあけるなakeru 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開ければあければakereba
    2. negative開けなければあけなければakenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain開けさせるあけさせるakesaseru
    2. polite開けさせますあけさせますakesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain開けさせられるあけさせられるakesaserareru
    2. polite開けさせられますあけさせられますakesaseraremasu