読み聞かせる

よみきかせるyomikikaseru

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Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 読み始める, 読み続ける, やってみる

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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読み聞かせますよみきかせますyomikikasemasu
    2. negative読み聞かせませんよみきかせませんyomikikasemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative読み聞かせましたよみきかせましたyomikikasemashita
    2. negative読み聞かせませんでしたよみきかせませんでしたyomikikasemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 読み聞かせてよみきかせてyomikikasete
    2. request読み聞かせてくださいよみきかせてくださいyomikikasete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 読み聞かせましょうよみきかせましょうyomikikasemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative読み聞かせたいよみきかせたいyomikikasetai
    2. negative読み聞かせたくないよみきかせたくないyomikikasetakunai
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読み聞かせるよみきかせるyomikikaseru
    2. negative読み聞かせないよみきかせないyomikikasenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative読み聞かせたよみきかせたyomikikaseta
    2. negative読み聞かせなかったよみきかせなかったyomikikasenakatta

  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読み聞かせているよみきかせているyomikikasete iru
    2. polite読み聞かせていますよみきかせていますyomikikasete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain読み聞かせられるよみきかせられるyomikikaserareru
    2. polite読み聞かせられますよみきかせられますyomikikaseraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 読み聞かせたらよみきかせたらyomikikasetara

  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読み聞かせられるよみきかせられるyomikikaserareru
    2. polite読み聞かせられますよみきかせられますyomikikaseraremasu
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. 読み聞かせようよみきかせようyomikikaseyō

  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読み聞かせろよみきかせろyomikikasero
    2. ban読み聞かせるなよみきかせるなyomikikaseru 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読み聞かせればよみきかせればyomikikasereba
    2. negative読み聞かせなければよみきかせなければyomikikasenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain読み聞かせさせるよみきかせさせるyomikikasesaseru
    2. polite読み聞かせさせますよみきかせさせますyomikikasesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain読み聞かせさせられるよみきかせさせられるyomikikasesaserareru
    2. polite読み聞かせさせられますよみきかせさせられますyomikikasesaseraremasu