考える

かんがえるkangaeru

think

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 出る, 過ぎる, 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考えますかんがえますkangaemasu
    2. negative考えませんかんがえませんkangaemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative考えましたかんがえましたkangaemashita
    2. negative考えませんでしたかんがえませんでしたkangaemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 考えてかんがえてkangaete
    2. request考えてくださいかんがえてくださいkangaete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 考えましょうかんがえましょうkangaemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative考えたいかんがえたいkangaetai
    2. negative考えたくないかんがえたくないkangaetakunai
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考えるかんがえるkangaeru
    2. negative考えないかんがえないkangaenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative考えたかんがえたkangaeta
    2. negative考えなかったかんがえなかったkangaenakatta

  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考えているかんがえているkangaete iru
    2. polite考えていますかんがえていますkangaete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain考えられるかんがえられるkangaerareru
    2. polite考えられますかんがえられますkangaeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 考えたらかんがえたらkangaetara

  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考えられるかんがえられるkangaerareru
    2. polite考えられますかんがえられますkangaeraremasu
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. 考えようかんがえようkangaeyō

  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考えろかんがえろkangaero
    2. ban考えるなかんがえるなkangaeru 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考えればかんがえればkangaereba
    2. negative考えなければかんがえなければkangaenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain考えさせるかんがえさせるkangaesaseru
    2. polite考えさせますかんがえさせますkangaesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain考えさせられるかんがえさせられるkangaesaserareru
    2. polite考えさせられますかんがえさせられますkangaesaseraremasu