こだわる

kodawaru

be particular

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 誇る, 生き残る, 移る

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こだわりますkodawarimasu
    2. negativeこだわりませんkodawarimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmativeこだわりましたkodawarimashita
    2. negativeこだわりませんでしたkodawarimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. こだわってkodawatte
    2. requestこだわってくださいkodawatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. こだわりましょうkodawarimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmativeこだわりたいkodawaritai
    2. negativeこだわりたくないkodawaritakunai
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こだわるkodawaru
    2. negativeこだわらないkodawaranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmativeこだわったkodawatta
    2. negativeこだわらなかったkodawaranakatta

  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こだわっているkodawatte iru
    2. politeこだわっていますkodawatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plainこだわれるkodawareru
    2. politeこだわれますkodawaremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. こだわったらkodawattara

  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こだわられるkodawarareru
    2. politeこだわられますkodawararemasu
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. こだわろうkodawarō

  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こだわれkodaware
    2. banこだわるなkodawaru 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こだわればkodawareba
    2. negativeこだわらなければkodawaranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plainこだわらせるkodawaraseru
    2. politeこだわらせますkodawarasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plainこだわらせられるkodawaraserareru
    2. politeこだわらせられますkodawaraseraremasu