話し始める

はなしはじめるhanashihajimeru

start talking

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 聞き比べる, 聞き間違える, 読み始める

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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話し始めますはなしはじめますhanashihajimemasu
    2. negative話し始めませんはなしはじめませんhanashihajimemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative話し始めましたはなしはじめましたhanashihajimemashita
    2. negative話し始めませんでしたはなしはじめませんでしたhanashihajimemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 話し始めてはなしはじめてhanashihajimete
    2. request話し始めてくださいはなしはじめてくださいhanashihajimete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 話し始めましょうはなしはじめましょうhanashihajimemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative話し始めたいはなしはじめたいhanashihajimetai
    2. negative話し始めたくないはなしはじめたくないhanashihajimetakunai
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話し始めるはなしはじめるhanashihajimeru
    2. negative話し始めないはなしはじめないhanashihajimenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative話し始めたはなしはじめたhanashihajimeta
    2. negative話し始めなかったはなしはじめなかったhanashihajimenakatta

  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話し始めているはなしはじめているhanashihajimete iru
    2. polite話し始めていますはなしはじめていますhanashihajimete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain話し始められるはなしはじめられるhanashihajimerareru
    2. polite話し始められますはなしはじめられますhanashihajimeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 話し始めたらはなしはじめたらhanashihajimetara

  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話し始められるはなしはじめられるhanashihajimerareru
    2. polite話し始められますはなしはじめられますhanashihajimeraremasu
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. 話し始めようはなしはじめようhanashihajimeyō

  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話し始めろはなしはじめろhanashihajimero
    2. ban話し始めるなはなしはじめるなhanashihajimeru 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話し始めればはなしはじめればhanashihajimereba
    2. negative話し始めなければはなしはじめなければhanashihajimenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain話し始めさせるはなしはじめさせるhanashihajimesaseru
    2. polite話し始めさせますはなしはじめさせますhanashihajimesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain話し始めさせられるはなしはじめさせられるhanashihajimesaserareru
    2. polite話し始めさせられますはなしはじめさせられますhanashihajimesaseraremasu