呼ぶ

よぶyobu

call

Godan verb, group 1, ending -bu.

Conjugated like 選ぶ, 遊ぶ, 飛ぶ, 学ぶ, 喜ぶ, 並ぶ

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呼びますよびますyobimasu
    2. negative呼びませんよびませんyobimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative呼びましたよびましたyobimashita
    2. negative呼びませんでしたよびませんでしたyobimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 呼んでよんでyonde
    2. request呼んでくださいよんでくださいyonde kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 呼びましょうよびましょうyobimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative呼びたいよびたいyobitai
    2. negative呼びたくないよびたくないyobitakunai
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呼ぶよぶyobu
    2. negative呼ばないよばないyobanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative呼んだよんだyonda
    2. negative呼ばなかったよばなかったyobanakatta

  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呼んでいるよんでいるyonde iru
    2. polite呼んでいますよんでいますyonde imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain呼べるよべるyoberu
    2. polite呼べますよべますyobemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 呼んだらよんだらyondara

  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呼ばれるよばれるyobareru
    2. polite呼ばれますよばれますyobaremasu
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. 呼ぼうよぼうyobō

  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呼べよべyobe
    2. ban呼ぶなよぶなyobu 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呼べばよべばyobeba
    2. negative呼ばなければよばなければyobanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain呼ばせるよばせるyobaseru
    2. polite呼ばせますよばせますyobasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain呼ばせられるよばせられるyobaserareru
    2. polite呼ばせられますよばせられますyobaseraremasu