見つける

みつけるmitsukeru

find

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, まとめる, 求める, 認める

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見つけますみつけますmitsukemasu
    2. negative見つけませんみつけませんmitsukemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative見つけましたみつけましたmitsukemashita
    2. negative見つけませんでしたみつけませんでしたmitsukemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 見つけてみつけてmitsukete
    2. request見つけてくださいみつけてくださいmitsukete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 見つけましょうみつけましょうmitsukemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative見つけたいみつけたいmitsuketai
    2. negative見つけたくないみつけたくないmitsuketakunai
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見つけるみつけるmitsukeru
    2. negative見つけないみつけないmitsukenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative見つけたみつけたmitsuketa
    2. negative見つけなかったみつけなかったmitsukenakatta

  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見つけているみつけているmitsukete iru
    2. polite見つけていますみつけていますmitsukete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain見つけられるみつけられるmitsukerareru
    2. polite見つけられますみつけられますmitsukeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 見つけたらみつけたらmitsuketara

  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見つけられるみつけられるmitsukerareru
    2. polite見つけられますみつけられますmitsukeraremasu
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. 見つけようみつけようmitsukeyō

  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見つけろみつけろmitsukero
    2. ban見つけるなみつけるなmitsukeru 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見つければみつければmitsukereba
    2. negative見つけなければみつけなければmitsukenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain見つけさせるみつけさせるmitsukesaseru
    2. polite見つけさせますみつけさせますmitsukesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain見つけさせられるみつけさせられるmitsukesaserareru
    2. polite見つけさせられますみつけさせられますmitsukesaseraremasu