Conjugation

食べ残す

たべのこすtabenokosu

leave uneaten

Godan verb, group 1, ending -su.

Conjugated like 出す, 探す, 話す, 舐め回す, 褒め返す, かけ直す

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食べ残しますたべのこしますtabenokoshimasu
    2. negative食べ残しませんたべのこしませんtabenokoshimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative食べ残しましたたべのこしましたtabenokoshimashita
    2. negative食べ残しませんでしたたべのこしませんでしたtabenokoshimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 食べ残してたべのこしてtabenokoshite
    2. request食べ残してくださいたべのこしてくださいtabenokoshite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 食べ残しましょうたべのこしましょうtabenokoshimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative食べ残したいたべのこしたいtabenokoshitai
    2. negative食べ残したくないたべのこしたくないtabenokoshitakunai
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食べ残すたべのこすtabenokosu
    2. negative食べ残さないたべのこさないtabenokosanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative食べ残したたべのこしたtabenokoshita
    2. negative食べ残さなかったたべのこさなかったtabenokosanakatta

  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食べ残しているたべのこしているtabenokoshite iru
    2. polite食べ残していますたべのこしていますtabenokoshite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain食べ残せるたべのこせるtabenokoseru
    2. polite食べ残せますたべのこせますtabenokosemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 食べ残したらたべのこしたらtabenokoshitara

  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食べ残されるたべのこされるtabenokosareru
    2. polite食べ残されますたべのこされますtabenokosaremasu
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. 食べ残そうたべのこそうtabenokosō

  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食べ残せたべのこせtabenokose
    2. ban食べ残すなたべのこすなtabenokosu 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食べ残せばたべのこせばtabenokoseba
    2. negative食べ残さなければたべのこさなければtabenokosanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain食べ残させるたべのこさせるtabenokosaseru
    2. polite食べ残させますたべのこさせますtabenokosasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain食べ残させられるたべのこさせられるtabenokosaserareru
    2. polite食べ残させられますたべのこさせられますtabenokosaseraremasu