言い聞かせる

いいきかせるiikikaseru

explain firmly

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 潰れる, 押し付ける, 投げ捨てる

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言い聞かせますいいきかせますiikikasemasu
    2. negative言い聞かせませんいいきかせませんiikikasemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative言い聞かせましたいいきかせましたiikikasemashita
    2. negative言い聞かせませんでしたいいきかせませんでしたiikikasemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 言い聞かせていいきかせてiikikasete
    2. request言い聞かせてくださいいいきかせてくださいiikikasete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 言い聞かせましょういいきかせましょうiikikasemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative言い聞かせたいいいきかせたいiikikasetai
    2. negative言い聞かせたくないいいきかせたくないiikikasetakunai
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言い聞かせるいいきかせるiikikaseru
    2. negative言い聞かせないいいきかせないiikikasenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative言い聞かせたいいきかせたiikikaseta
    2. negative言い聞かせなかったいいきかせなかったiikikasenakatta

  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言い聞かせているいいきかせているiikikasete iru
    2. polite言い聞かせていますいいきかせていますiikikasete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain言い聞かせられるいいきかせられるiikikaserareru
    2. polite言い聞かせられますいいきかせられますiikikaseraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 言い聞かせたらいいきかせたらiikikasetara

  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言い聞かせられるいいきかせられるiikikaserareru
    2. polite言い聞かせられますいいきかせられますiikikaseraremasu
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. 言い聞かせよういいきかせようiikikaseyō

  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言い聞かせろいいきかせろiikikasero
    2. ban言い聞かせるないいきかせるなiikikaseru 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言い聞かせればいいきかせればiikikasereba
    2. negative言い聞かせなければいいきかせなければiikikasenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain言い聞かせさせるいいきかせさせるiikikasesaseru
    2. polite言い聞かせさせますいいきかせさせますiikikasesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain言い聞かせさせられるいいきかせさせられるiikikasesaserareru
    2. polite言い聞かせさせられますいいきかせさせられますiikikasesaseraremasu