捕まえる

つかまえるtsukamaeru

catch

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 乗せる, 載せる, 倒れる

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捕まえますつかまえますtsukamaemasu
    2. negative捕まえませんつかまえませんtsukamaemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative捕まえましたつかまえましたtsukamaemashita
    2. negative捕まえませんでしたつかまえませんでしたtsukamaemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 捕まえてつかまえてtsukamaete
    2. request捕まえてくださいつかまえてくださいtsukamaete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 捕まえましょうつかまえましょうtsukamaemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative捕まえたいつかまえたいtsukamaetai
    2. negative捕まえたくないつかまえたくないtsukamaetakunai
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捕まえるつかまえるtsukamaeru
    2. negative捕まえないつかまえないtsukamaenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative捕まえたつかまえたtsukamaeta
    2. negative捕まえなかったつかまえなかったtsukamaenakatta

  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捕まえているつかまえているtsukamaete iru
    2. polite捕まえていますつかまえていますtsukamaete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain捕まえられるつかまえられるtsukamaerareru
    2. polite捕まえられますつかまえられますtsukamaeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 捕まえたらつかまえたらtsukamaetara

  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捕まえられるつかまえられるtsukamaerareru
    2. polite捕まえられますつかまえられますtsukamaeraremasu
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. 捕まえようつかまえようtsukamaeyō

  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捕まえろつかまえろtsukamaero
    2. ban捕まえるなつかまえるなtsukamaeru 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捕まえればつかまえればtsukamaereba
    2. negative捕まえなければつかまえなければtsukamaenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain捕まえさせるつかまえさせるtsukamaesaseru
    2. polite捕まえさせますつかまえさせますtsukamaesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain捕まえさせられるつかまえさせられるtsukamaesaserareru
    2. polite捕まえさせられますつかまえさせられますtsukamaesaseraremasu