得る

えるeru

obtain

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 出る, 考える, 過ぎる, つける

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得ますえますemasu
    2. negative得ませんえませんemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative得ましたえましたemashita
    2. negative得ませんでしたえませんでしたemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 得てえてete
    2. request得てくださいえてくださいete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 得ましょうえましょうemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative得たいえたいetai
    2. negative得たくないえたくないetakunai
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得るえるeru
    2. negative得ないえないenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative得たえたeta
    2. negative得なかったえなかったenakatta

  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得ているえているete iru
    2. polite得ていますえていますete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain得られるえられるerareru
    2. polite得られますえられますeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 得たらえたらetara

  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得られるえられるerareru
    2. polite得られますえられますeraremasu
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. 得ようえようeyō

  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得ろえろero
    2. ban得るなえるなeru 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得ればえればereba
    2. negative得なければえなければenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain得させるえさせるesaseru
    2. polite得させますえさせますesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain得させられるえさせられるesaserareru
    2. polite得させられますえさせられますesaseraremasu