片付ける

かたづけるkatazukeru

tidy up

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 建てる, 確かめる, 届ける

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片付けますかたづけますkatazukemasu
    2. negative片付けませんかたづけませんkatazukemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative片付けましたかたづけましたkatazukemashita
    2. negative片付けませんでしたかたづけませんでしたkatazukemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 片付けてかたづけてkatazukete
    2. request片付けてくださいかたづけてくださいkatazukete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 片付けましょうかたづけましょうkatazukemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative片付けたいかたづけたいkatazuketai
    2. negative片付けたくないかたづけたくないkatazuketakunai
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片付けるかたづけるkatazukeru
    2. negative片付けないかたづけないkatazukenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative片付けたかたづけたkatazuketa
    2. negative片付けなかったかたづけなかったkatazukenakatta

  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片付けているかたづけているkatazukete iru
    2. polite片付けていますかたづけていますkatazukete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain片付けられるかたづけられるkatazukerareru
    2. polite片付けられますかたづけられますkatazukeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 片付けたらかたづけたらkatazuketara

  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片付けられるかたづけられるkatazukerareru
    2. polite片付けられますかたづけられますkatazukeraremasu
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. 片付けようかたづけようkatazukeyō

  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片付けろかたづけろkatazukero
    2. ban片付けるなかたづけるなkatazukeru 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片付ければかたづければkatazukereba
    2. negative片付けなければかたづけなければkatazukenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain片付けさせるかたづけさせるkatazukesaseru
    2. polite片付けさせますかたづけさせますkatazukesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain片付けさせられるかたづけさせられるkatazukesaserareru
    2. polite片付けさせられますかたづけさせられますkatazukesaseraremasu