求める

もとめるmotomeru

seek

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 見せる, まとめる, 見つける

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求めますもとめますmotomemasu
    2. negative求めませんもとめませんmotomemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative求めましたもとめましたmotomemashita
    2. negative求めませんでしたもとめませんでしたmotomemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 求めてもとめてmotomete
    2. request求めてくださいもとめてくださいmotomete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 求めましょうもとめましょうmotomemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative求めたいもとめたいmotometai
    2. negative求めたくないもとめたくないmotometakunai
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求めるもとめるmotomeru
    2. negative求めないもとめないmotomenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative求めたもとめたmotometa
    2. negative求めなかったもとめなかったmotomenakatta

  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求めているもとめているmotomete iru
    2. polite求めていますもとめていますmotomete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain求められるもとめられるmotomerareru
    2. polite求められますもとめられますmotomeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 求めたらもとめたらmotometara

  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求められるもとめられるmotomerareru
    2. polite求められますもとめられますmotomeraremasu
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. 求めようもとめようmotomeyō

  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求めろもとめろmotomero
    2. ban求めるなもとめるなmotomeru 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求めればもとめればmotomereba
    2. negative求めなければもとめなければmotomenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain求めさせるもとめさせるmotomesaseru
    2. polite求めさせますもとめさせますmotomesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain求めさせられるもとめさせられるmotomesaserareru
    2. polite求めさせられますもとめさせられますmotomesaseraremasu