喜ぶ

よろこぶyorokobu

be happy

Godan verb, group 1, ending -bu.

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

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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喜びますよろこびますyorokobimasu
    2. negative喜びませんよろこびませんyorokobimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative喜びましたよろこびましたyorokobimashita
    2. negative喜びませんでしたよろこびませんでしたyorokobimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 喜んでよろこんでyorokonde
    2. request喜んでくださいよろこんでくださいyorokonde kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 喜びましょうよろこびましょうyorokobimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative喜びたいよろこびたいyorokobitai
    2. negative喜びたくないよろこびたくないyorokobitakunai
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喜ぶよろこぶyorokobu
    2. negative喜ばないよろこばないyorokobanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative喜んだよろこんだyorokonda
    2. negative喜ばなかったよろこばなかったyorokobanakatta

  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喜んでいるよろこんでいるyorokonde iru
    2. polite喜んでいますよろこんでいますyorokonde imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain喜べるよろこべるyorokoberu
    2. polite喜べますよろこべますyorokobemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 喜んだらよろこんだらyorokondara

  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喜ばれるよろこばれるyorokobareru
    2. polite喜ばれますよろこばれますyorokobaremasu
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. 喜ぼうよろこぼうyorokobō

  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喜べよろこべyorokobe
    2. ban喜ぶなよろこぶなyorokobu 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喜べばよろこべばyorokobeba
    2. negative喜ばなければよろこばなければyorokobanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain喜ばせるよろこばせるyorokobaseru
    2. polite喜ばせますよろこばせますyorokobasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain喜ばせられるよろこばせられるyorokobaserareru
    2. polite喜ばせられますよろこばせられますyorokobaseraremasu