増える

ふえるfueru

increase

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 生きる, 教える, 変える

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増えますふえますfuemasu
    2. negative増えませんふえませんfuemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative増えましたふえましたfuemashita
    2. negative増えませんでしたふえませんでしたfuemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 増えてふえてfuete
    2. request増えてくださいふえてくださいfuete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 増えましょうふえましょうfuemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative増えたいふえたいfuetai
    2. negative増えたくないふえたくないfuetakunai
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増えるふえるfueru
    2. negative増えないふえないfuenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative増えたふえたfueta
    2. negative増えなかったふえなかったfuenakatta

  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増えているふえているfuete iru
    2. polite増えていますふえていますfuete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain増えられるふえられるfuerareru
    2. polite増えられますふえられますfueraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 増えたらふえたらfuetara

  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増えられるふえられるfuerareru
    2. polite増えられますふえられますfueraremasu
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. 増えようふえようfueyō

  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増えろふえろfuero
    2. ban増えるなふえるなfueru 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増えればふえればfuereba
    2. negative増えなければふえなければfuenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain増えさせるふえさせるfuesaseru
    2. polite増えさせますふえさせますfuesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain増えさせられるふえさせられるfuesaserareru
    2. polite増えさせられますふえさせられますfuesaseraremasu