持て余す

もてあますmoteamasu

be unable to manage

Godan verb, group 1, ending -su.

Conjugated like 出す, 探す, 話す, 挿す, 吊るす, 取り消す

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持て余しますもてあましますmoteamashimasu
    2. negative持て余しませんもてあましませんmoteamashimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative持て余しましたもてあましましたmoteamashimashita
    2. negative持て余しませんでしたもてあましませんでしたmoteamashimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 持て余してもてあましてmoteamashite
    2. request持て余してくださいもてあましてくださいmoteamashite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 持て余しましょうもてあましましょうmoteamashimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative持て余したいもてあましたいmoteamashitai
    2. negative持て余したくないもてあましたくないmoteamashitakunai
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持て余すもてあますmoteamasu
    2. negative持て余さないもてあまさないmoteamasanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative持て余したもてあましたmoteamashita
    2. negative持て余さなかったもてあまさなかったmoteamasanakatta

  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持て余しているもてあましているmoteamashite iru
    2. polite持て余していますもてあましていますmoteamashite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain持て余せるもてあませるmoteamaseru
    2. polite持て余せますもてあませますmoteamasemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 持て余したらもてあましたらmoteamashitara

  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持て余されるもてあまされるmoteamasareru
    2. polite持て余されますもてあまされますmoteamasaremasu
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. 持て余そうもてあまそうmoteamasō

  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持て余せもてあませmoteamase
    2. ban持て余すなもてあますなmoteamasu 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持て余せばもてあませばmoteamaseba
    2. negative持て余さなければもてあまさなければmoteamasanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain持て余させるもてあまさせるmoteamasaseru
    2. polite持て余させますもてあまさせますmoteamasasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain持て余させられるもてあまさせられるmoteamasaserareru
    2. polite持て余させられますもてあまさせられますmoteamasaseraremasu