Conjugation

間に合う

まにあうma ni au

be in time

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 引き払う, 譲り合う, 分かり合う

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間に合いますまにあいますma ni aimasu
    2. negative間に合いませんまにあいませんma ni aimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative間に合いましたまにあいましたma ni aimashita
    2. negative間に合いませんでしたまにあいませんでしたma ni aimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 間に合ってまにあってma ni atte
    2. request間に合ってくださいまにあってくださいma ni atte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 間に合いましょうまにあいましょうma ni aimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative間に合いたいまにあいたいma ni aitai
    2. negative間に合いたくないまにあいたくないma ni aitakunai
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間に合うまにあうma ni au
    2. negative間に合わないまにあわないma ni awanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative間に合ったまにあったma ni atta
    2. negative間に合わなかったまにあわなかったma ni awanakatta

  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間に合っているまにあっているma ni atte iru
    2. polite間に合っていますまにあっていますma ni atte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain間に合えるまにあえるma ni aeru
    2. polite間に合えますまにあえますma ni aemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 間に合ったらまにあったらma ni attara

  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間に合われるまにあわれるma ni awareru
    2. polite間に合われますまにあわれますma ni awaremasu
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. 間に合おうまにあおうma ni aō

  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間に合えまにあえma ni ae
    2. ban間に合うなまにあうなma ni au 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間に合えばまにあえばma ni aeba
    2. negative間に合わなければまにあわなければma ni awanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain間に合わせるまにあわせるma ni awaseru
    2. polite間に合わせますまにあわせますma ni awasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain間に合わせられるまにあわせられるma ni awaserareru
    2. polite間に合わせられますまにあわせられますma ni awaseraremasu