読み始める

よみはじめるyomihajimeru

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Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 聞き間違える, 話し始める, 読み続ける

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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読み始めますよみはじめますyomihajimemasu
    2. negative読み始めませんよみはじめませんyomihajimemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative読み始めましたよみはじめましたyomihajimemashita
    2. negative読み始めませんでしたよみはじめませんでしたyomihajimemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 読み始めてよみはじめてyomihajimete
    2. request読み始めてくださいよみはじめてくださいyomihajimete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 読み始めましょうよみはじめましょうyomihajimemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative読み始めたいよみはじめたいyomihajimetai
    2. negative読み始めたくないよみはじめたくないyomihajimetakunai
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読み始めるよみはじめるyomihajimeru
    2. negative読み始めないよみはじめないyomihajimenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative読み始めたよみはじめたyomihajimeta
    2. negative読み始めなかったよみはじめなかったyomihajimenakatta

  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読み始めているよみはじめているyomihajimete iru
    2. polite読み始めていますよみはじめていますyomihajimete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain読み始められるよみはじめられるyomihajimerareru
    2. polite読み始められますよみはじめられますyomihajimeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 読み始めたらよみはじめたらyomihajimetara

  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読み始められるよみはじめられるyomihajimerareru
    2. polite読み始められますよみはじめられますyomihajimeraremasu
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. 読み始めようよみはじめようyomihajimeyō

  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読み始めろよみはじめろyomihajimero
    2. ban読み始めるなよみはじめるなyomihajimeru 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読み始めればよみはじめればyomihajimereba
    2. negative読み始めなければよみはじめなければyomihajimenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain読み始めさせるよみはじめさせるyomihajimesaseru
    2. polite読み始めさせますよみはじめさせますyomihajimesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain読み始めさせられるよみはじめさせられるyomihajimesaserareru
    2. polite読み始めさせられますよみはじめさせられますyomihajimesaseraremasu