固める

かためるkatameru

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Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 濡れる, 焼ける, 妨げる

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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固めますかためますkatamemasu
    2. negative固めませんかためませんkatamemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative固めましたかためましたkatamemashita
    2. negative固めませんでしたかためませんでしたkatamemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 固めてかためてkatamete
    2. request固めてくださいかためてくださいkatamete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 固めましょうかためましょうkatamemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative固めたいかためたいkatametai
    2. negative固めたくないかためたくないkatametakunai
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固めるかためるkatameru
    2. negative固めないかためないkatamenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative固めたかためたkatameta
    2. negative固めなかったかためなかったkatamenakatta

  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固めているかためているkatamete iru
    2. polite固めていますかためていますkatamete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain固められるかためられるkatamerareru
    2. polite固められますかためられますkatameraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 固めたらかためたらkatametara

  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固められるかためられるkatamerareru
    2. polite固められますかためられますkatameraremasu
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. 固めようかためようkatameyō

  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固めろかためろkatamero
    2. ban固めるなかためるなkatameru 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固めればかためればkatamereba
    2. negative固めなければかためなければkatamenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain固めさせるかためさせるkatamesaseru
    2. polite固めさせますかためさせますkatamesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain固めさせられるかためさせられるkatamesaserareru
    2. polite固めさせられますかためさせられますkatamesaseraremasu