突き止める

つきとめるtsukitomeru

identify

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 尋ねる, 揃える, やっつける

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突き止めますつきとめますtsukitomemasu
    2. negative突き止めませんつきとめませんtsukitomemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative突き止めましたつきとめましたtsukitomemashita
    2. negative突き止めませんでしたつきとめませんでしたtsukitomemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 突き止めてつきとめてtsukitomete
    2. request突き止めてくださいつきとめてくださいtsukitomete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 突き止めましょうつきとめましょうtsukitomemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative突き止めたいつきとめたいtsukitometai
    2. negative突き止めたくないつきとめたくないtsukitometakunai
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突き止めるつきとめるtsukitomeru
    2. negative突き止めないつきとめないtsukitomenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative突き止めたつきとめたtsukitometa
    2. negative突き止めなかったつきとめなかったtsukitomenakatta

  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突き止めているつきとめているtsukitomete iru
    2. polite突き止めていますつきとめていますtsukitomete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain突き止められるつきとめられるtsukitomerareru
    2. polite突き止められますつきとめられますtsukitomeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 突き止めたらつきとめたらtsukitometara

  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突き止められるつきとめられるtsukitomerareru
    2. polite突き止められますつきとめられますtsukitomeraremasu
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. 突き止めようつきとめようtsukitomeyō

  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突き止めろつきとめろtsukitomero
    2. ban突き止めるなつきとめるなtsukitomeru 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突き止めればつきとめればtsukitomereba
    2. negative突き止めなければつきとめなければtsukitomenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain突き止めさせるつきとめさせるtsukitomesaseru
    2. polite突き止めさせますつきとめさせますtsukitomesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain突き止めさせられるつきとめさせられるtsukitomesaserareru
    2. polite突き止めさせられますつきとめさせられますtsukitomesaseraremasu