認める

みとめるmitomeru

acknowledge

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 求める, 見つける, 覚える

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認めますみとめますmitomemasu
    2. negative認めませんみとめませんmitomemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative認めましたみとめましたmitomemashita
    2. negative認めませんでしたみとめませんでしたmitomemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 認めてみとめてmitomete
    2. request認めてくださいみとめてくださいmitomete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 認めましょうみとめましょうmitomemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative認めたいみとめたいmitometai
    2. negative認めたくないみとめたくないmitometakunai
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認めるみとめるmitomeru
    2. negative認めないみとめないmitomenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative認めたみとめたmitometa
    2. negative認めなかったみとめなかったmitomenakatta

  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認めているみとめているmitomete iru
    2. polite認めていますみとめていますmitomete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain認められるみとめられるmitomerareru
    2. polite認められますみとめられますmitomeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 認めたらみとめたらmitometara

  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認められるみとめられるmitomerareru
    2. polite認められますみとめられますmitomeraremasu
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. 認めようみとめようmitomeyō

  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認めろみとめろmitomero
    2. ban認めるなみとめるなmitomeru 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認めればみとめればmitomereba
    2. negative認めなければみとめなければmitomenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain認めさせるみとめさせるmitomesaseru
    2. polite認めさせますみとめさせますmitomesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain認めさせられるみとめさせられるmitomesaserareru
    2. polite認めさせられますみとめさせられますmitomesaseraremasu