困る

こまるkomaru

be in trouble

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 限る, 語る, 走る

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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困りますこまりますkomarimasu
    2. negative困りませんこまりませんkomarimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative困りましたこまりましたkomarimashita
    2. negative困りませんでしたこまりませんでしたkomarimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 困ってこまってkomatte
    2. request困ってくださいこまってくださいkomatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 困りましょうこまりましょうkomarimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative困りたいこまりたいkomaritai
    2. negative困りたくないこまりたくないkomaritakunai
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困るこまるkomaru
    2. negative困らないこまらないkomaranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative困ったこまったkomatta
    2. negative困らなかったこまらなかったkomaranakatta

  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困っているこまっているkomatte iru
    2. polite困っていますこまっていますkomatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain困れるこまれるkomareru
    2. polite困れますこまれますkomaremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 困ったらこまったらkomattara

  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困られるこまられるkomarareru
    2. polite困られますこまられますkomararemasu
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. 困ろうこまろうkomarō

  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困れこまれkomare
    2. ban困るなこまるなkomaru 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困ればこまればkomareba
    2. negative困らなければこまらなければkomaranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain困らせるこまらせるkomaraseru
    2. polite困らせますこまらせますkomarasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain困らせられるこまらせられるkomaraserareru
    2. polite困らせられますこまらせられますkomaraseraremasu