持ち続ける

もちつづけるmochitsuzukeru

keep

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 働きすぎる, 打ち間違える, 格好つける

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持ち続けますもちつづけますmochitsuzukemasu
    2. negative持ち続けませんもちつづけませんmochitsuzukemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative持ち続けましたもちつづけましたmochitsuzukemashita
    2. negative持ち続けませんでしたもちつづけませんでしたmochitsuzukemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 持ち続けてもちつづけてmochitsuzukete
    2. request持ち続けてくださいもちつづけてくださいmochitsuzukete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 持ち続けましょうもちつづけましょうmochitsuzukemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative持ち続けたいもちつづけたいmochitsuzuketai
    2. negative持ち続けたくないもちつづけたくないmochitsuzuketakunai
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持ち続けるもちつづけるmochitsuzukeru
    2. negative持ち続けないもちつづけないmochitsuzukenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative持ち続けたもちつづけたmochitsuzuketa
    2. negative持ち続けなかったもちつづけなかったmochitsuzukenakatta

  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持ち続けているもちつづけているmochitsuzukete iru
    2. polite持ち続けていますもちつづけていますmochitsuzukete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain持ち続けられるもちつづけられるmochitsuzukerareru
    2. polite持ち続けられますもちつづけられますmochitsuzukeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 持ち続けたらもちつづけたらmochitsuzuketara

  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持ち続けられるもちつづけられるmochitsuzukerareru
    2. polite持ち続けられますもちつづけられますmochitsuzukeraremasu
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. 持ち続けようもちつづけようmochitsuzukeyō

  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持ち続けろもちつづけろmochitsuzukero
    2. ban持ち続けるなもちつづけるなmochitsuzukeru 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持ち続ければもちつづければmochitsuzukereba
    2. negative持ち続けなければもちつづけなければmochitsuzukenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain持ち続けさせるもちつづけさせるmochitsuzukesaseru
    2. polite持ち続けさせますもちつづけさせますmochitsuzukesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain持ち続けさせられるもちつづけさせられるmochitsuzukesaserareru
    2. polite持ち続けさせられますもちつづけさせられますmochitsuzukesaseraremasu