聞き分ける

ききわけるkikiwakeru

distinguish by ear

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 盛り付ける, どける, しつける

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聞き分けますききわけますkikiwakemasu
    2. negative聞き分けませんききわけませんkikiwakemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative聞き分けましたききわけましたkikiwakemashita
    2. negative聞き分けませんでしたききわけませんでしたkikiwakemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 聞き分けてききわけてkikiwakete
    2. request聞き分けてくださいききわけてくださいkikiwakete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 聞き分けましょうききわけましょうkikiwakemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative聞き分けたいききわけたいkikiwaketai
    2. negative聞き分けたくないききわけたくないkikiwaketakunai
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聞き分けるききわけるkikiwakeru
    2. negative聞き分けないききわけないkikiwakenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative聞き分けたききわけたkikiwaketa
    2. negative聞き分けなかったききわけなかったkikiwakenakatta

  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聞き分けているききわけているkikiwakete iru
    2. polite聞き分けていますききわけていますkikiwakete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain聞き分けられるききわけられるkikiwakerareru
    2. polite聞き分けられますききわけられますkikiwakeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 聞き分けたらききわけたらkikiwaketara

  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聞き分けられるききわけられるkikiwakerareru
    2. polite聞き分けられますききわけられますkikiwakeraremasu
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. 聞き分けようききわけようkikiwakeyō

  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聞き分けろききわけろkikiwakero
    2. ban聞き分けるなききわけるなkikiwakeru 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聞き分ければききわければkikiwakereba
    2. negative聞き分けなければききわけなければkikiwakenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain聞き分けさせるききわけさせるkikiwakesaseru
    2. polite聞き分けさせますききわけさせますkikiwakesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain聞き分けさせられるききわけさせられるkikiwakesaserareru
    2. polite聞き分けさせられますききわけさせられますkikiwakesaseraremasu