学ぶ

まなぶmanabu

learn

Godan verb, group 1, ending -bu.

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

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学びますまなびますmanabimasu
    2. negative学びませんまなびませんmanabimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative学びましたまなびましたmanabimashita
    2. negative学びませんでしたまなびませんでしたmanabimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 学んでまなんでmanande
    2. request学んでくださいまなんでくださいmanande kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 学びましょうまなびましょうmanabimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative学びたいまなびたいmanabitai
    2. negative学びたくないまなびたくないmanabitakunai
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学ぶまなぶmanabu
    2. negative学ばないまなばないmanabanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative学んだまなんだmananda
    2. negative学ばなかったまなばなかったmanabanakatta

  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学んでいるまなんでいるmanande iru
    2. polite学んでいますまなんでいますmanande imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain学べるまなべるmanaberu
    2. polite学べますまなべますmanabemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 学んだらまなんだらmanandara

  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学ばれるまなばれるmanabareru
    2. polite学ばれますまなばれますmanabaremasu
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. 学ぼうまなぼうmanabō

  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学べまなべmanabe
    2. ban学ぶなまなぶなmanabu 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学べばまなべばmanabeba
    2. negative学ばなければまなばなければmanabanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain学ばせるまなばせるmanabaseru
    2. polite学ばせますまなばせますmanabasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain学ばせられるまなばせられるmanabaserareru
    2. polite学ばせられますまなばせられますmanabaseraremasu