答える

こたえるkotaeru

answer

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 覚える, 似る, 落ちる

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答えますこたえますkotaemasu
    2. negative答えませんこたえませんkotaemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative答えましたこたえましたkotaemashita
    2. negative答えませんでしたこたえませんでしたkotaemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 答えてこたえてkotaete
    2. request答えてくださいこたえてくださいkotaete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 答えましょうこたえましょうkotaemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative答えたいこたえたいkotaetai
    2. negative答えたくないこたえたくないkotaetakunai
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答えるこたえるkotaeru
    2. negative答えないこたえないkotaenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative答えたこたえたkotaeta
    2. negative答えなかったこたえなかったkotaenakatta

  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答えているこたえているkotaete iru
    2. polite答えていますこたえていますkotaete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain答えられるこたえられるkotaerareru
    2. polite答えられますこたえられますkotaeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 答えたらこたえたらkotaetara

  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答えられるこたえられるkotaerareru
    2. polite答えられますこたえられますkotaeraremasu
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. 答えようこたえようkotaeyō

  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答えろこたえろkotaero
    2. ban答えるなこたえるなkotaeru 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答えればこたえればkotaereba
    2. negative答えなければこたえなければkotaenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain答えさせるこたえさせるkotaesaseru
    2. polite答えさせますこたえさせますkotaesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain答えさせられるこたえさせられるkotaesaserareru
    2. polite答えさせられますこたえさせられますkotaesaseraremasu