くださる

kudasaru

give

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru, verb of respect.

Conjugated like ござる, なさる, おっしゃる, いらっしゃる

  • くださいます

    The honorific verbs in -aru (いらっしゃる, おっしゃる, くださる, なさる, ござる) take い before ます and in the command: くださいます, ください.

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くださいますkudasaimasu
    2. negativeくださいませんkudasaimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmativeくださいましたkudasaimashita
    2. negativeくださいませんでしたkudasaimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. くださってkudasatte
    2. requestくださってくださいkudasatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. くださいましょうkudasaimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmativeくださいたいkudasaitai
    2. negativeくださいたくないkudasaitakunai
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くださるkudasaru
    2. negativeくださらないkudasaranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmativeくださったkudasatta
    2. negativeくださらなかったkudasaranakatta

  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くださっているkudasatte iru
    2. politeくださっていますkudasatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plainくだされるkudasareru
    2. politeくだされますkudasaremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. くださったらkudasattara

  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くださられるkudasarareru
    2. politeくださられますkudasararemasu
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. くださろうkudasarō

  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くださいkudasai
    2. banくださるなkudasaru 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くださればkudasareba
    2. negativeくださらなければkudasaranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plainくださらせるkudasaraseru
    2. politeくださらせますkudasarasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plainくださらせられるkudasaraserareru
    2. politeくださらせられますkudasaraseraremasu