持つ

もつmotsu

hold

Godan verb, group 1, ending -tsu.

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

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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持ちますもちますmochimasu
    2. negative持ちませんもちませんmochimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative持ちましたもちましたmochimashita
    2. negative持ちませんでしたもちませんでしたmochimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 持ってもってmotte
    2. request持ってくださいもってくださいmotte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 持ちましょうもちましょうmochimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative持ちたいもちたいmochitai
    2. negative持ちたくないもちたくないmochitakunai
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持つもつmotsu
    2. negative持たないもたないmotanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative持ったもったmotta
    2. negative持たなかったもたなかったmotanakatta

  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持っているもっているmotte iru
    2. polite持っていますもっていますmotte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain持てるもてるmoteru
    2. polite持てますもてますmotemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 持ったらもったらmottara

  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持たれるもたれるmotareru
    2. polite持たれますもたれますmotaremasu
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. 持とうもとうmotō

  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持てもてmote
    2. ban持つなもつなmotsu 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持てばもてばmoteba
    2. negative持たなければもたなければmotanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain持たせるもたせるmotaseru
    2. polite持たせますもたせますmotasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain持たせられるもたせられるmotaserareru
    2. polite持たせられますもたせられますmotaseraremasu