見分ける

みわけるmiwakeru

distinguish

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 妨げる, ひねくれる, 締める

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見分けますみわけますmiwakemasu
    2. negative見分けませんみわけませんmiwakemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative見分けましたみわけましたmiwakemashita
    2. negative見分けませんでしたみわけませんでしたmiwakemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 見分けてみわけてmiwakete
    2. request見分けてくださいみわけてくださいmiwakete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 見分けましょうみわけましょうmiwakemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative見分けたいみわけたいmiwaketai
    2. negative見分けたくないみわけたくないmiwaketakunai
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見分けるみわけるmiwakeru
    2. negative見分けないみわけないmiwakenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative見分けたみわけたmiwaketa
    2. negative見分けなかったみわけなかったmiwakenakatta

  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見分けているみわけているmiwakete iru
    2. polite見分けていますみわけていますmiwakete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain見分けられるみわけられるmiwakerareru
    2. polite見分けられますみわけられますmiwakeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 見分けたらみわけたらmiwaketara

  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見分けられるみわけられるmiwakerareru
    2. polite見分けられますみわけられますmiwakeraremasu
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. 見分けようみわけようmiwakeyō

  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見分けろみわけろmiwakero
    2. ban見分けるなみわけるなmiwakeru 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見分ければみわければmiwakereba
    2. negative見分けなければみわけなければmiwakenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain見分けさせるみわけさせるmiwakesaseru
    2. polite見分けさせますみわけさせますmiwakesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain見分けさせられるみわけさせられるmiwakesaserareru
    2. polite見分けさせられますみわけさせられますmiwakesaseraremasu