話しかける

はなしかけるhanashikakeru

start talking to

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 混ぜる, 見つめる, 取り入れる

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話しかけますはなしかけますhanashikakemasu
    2. negative話しかけませんはなしかけませんhanashikakemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative話しかけましたはなしかけましたhanashikakemashita
    2. negative話しかけませんでしたはなしかけませんでしたhanashikakemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 話しかけてはなしかけてhanashikakete
    2. request話しかけてくださいはなしかけてくださいhanashikakete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 話しかけましょうはなしかけましょうhanashikakemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative話しかけたいはなしかけたいhanashikaketai
    2. negative話しかけたくないはなしかけたくないhanashikaketakunai
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話しかけるはなしかけるhanashikakeru
    2. negative話しかけないはなしかけないhanashikakenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative話しかけたはなしかけたhanashikaketa
    2. negative話しかけなかったはなしかけなかったhanashikakenakatta

  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話しかけているはなしかけているhanashikakete iru
    2. polite話しかけていますはなしかけていますhanashikakete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain話しかけられるはなしかけられるhanashikakerareru
    2. polite話しかけられますはなしかけられますhanashikakeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 話しかけたらはなしかけたらhanashikaketara

  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話しかけられるはなしかけられるhanashikakerareru
    2. polite話しかけられますはなしかけられますhanashikakeraremasu
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. 話しかけようはなしかけようhanashikakeyō

  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話しかけろはなしかけろhanashikakero
    2. ban話しかけるなはなしかけるなhanashikakeru 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話しかければはなしかければhanashikakereba
    2. negative話しかけなければはなしかけなければhanashikakenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain話しかけさせるはなしかけさせるhanashikakesaseru
    2. polite話しかけさせますはなしかけさせますhanashikakesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain話しかけさせられるはなしかけさせられるhanashikakesaserareru
    2. polite話しかけさせられますはなしかけさせられますhanashikakesaseraremasu