待つ

まつmatsu

wait

Godan verb, group 1, ending -tsu.

Conjugated like 持つ, 勝つ, 立つ, 経つ, 撃つ, 目立つ

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待ちますまちますmachimasu
    2. negative待ちませんまちませんmachimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative待ちましたまちましたmachimashita
    2. negative待ちませんでしたまちませんでしたmachimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 待ってまってmatte
    2. request待ってくださいまってくださいmatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 待ちましょうまちましょうmachimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative待ちたいまちたいmachitai
    2. negative待ちたくないまちたくないmachitakunai
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待つまつmatsu
    2. negative待たないまたないmatanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative待ったまったmatta
    2. negative待たなかったまたなかったmatanakatta

  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待っているまっているmatte iru
    2. polite待っていますまっていますmatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain待てるまてるmateru
    2. polite待てますまてますmatemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 待ったらまったらmattara

  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待たれるまたれるmatareru
    2. polite待たれますまたれますmataremasu
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. 待とうまとうmatō

  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待てまてmate
    2. ban待つなまつなmatsu 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待てばまてばmateba
    2. negative待たなければまたなければmatanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain待たせるまたせるmataseru
    2. polite待たせますまたせますmatasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain待たせられるまたせられるmataserareru
    2. polite待たせられますまたせられますmataseraremasu