問い詰める

といつめるtoitsumeru

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Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 曲げる, 見比べる, 買い替える

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問い詰めますといつめますtoitsumemasu
    2. negative問い詰めませんといつめませんtoitsumemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative問い詰めましたといつめましたtoitsumemashita
    2. negative問い詰めませんでしたといつめませんでしたtoitsumemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 問い詰めてといつめてtoitsumete
    2. request問い詰めてくださいといつめてくださいtoitsumete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 問い詰めましょうといつめましょうtoitsumemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative問い詰めたいといつめたいtoitsumetai
    2. negative問い詰めたくないといつめたくないtoitsumetakunai
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問い詰めるといつめるtoitsumeru
    2. negative問い詰めないといつめないtoitsumenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative問い詰めたといつめたtoitsumeta
    2. negative問い詰めなかったといつめなかったtoitsumenakatta

  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問い詰めているといつめているtoitsumete iru
    2. polite問い詰めていますといつめていますtoitsumete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain問い詰められるといつめられるtoitsumerareru
    2. polite問い詰められますといつめられますtoitsumeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 問い詰めたらといつめたらtoitsumetara

  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問い詰められるといつめられるtoitsumerareru
    2. polite問い詰められますといつめられますtoitsumeraremasu
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. 問い詰めようといつめようtoitsumeyō

  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問い詰めろといつめろtoitsumero
    2. ban問い詰めるなといつめるなtoitsumeru 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問い詰めればといつめればtoitsumereba
    2. negative問い詰めなければといつめなければtoitsumenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain問い詰めさせるといつめさせるtoitsumesaseru
    2. polite問い詰めさせますといつめさせますtoitsumesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain問い詰めさせられるといつめさせられるtoitsumesaserareru
    2. polite問い詰めさせられますといつめさせられますtoitsumesaseraremasu