質問する

しつもんするshitsumon suru

ask

Irregular verb, group 3, noun + する.

Conjugated like する, 勉強する, 注文する, 証明する, 試着する, 転職する

  • Like する

    質問する conjugates like する: only する changes, and its potential is 質問できる.

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質問しますしつもんしますshitsumon shimasu
    2. negative質問しませんしつもんしませんshitsumon shimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative質問しましたしつもんしましたshitsumon shimashita
    2. negative質問しませんでしたしつもんしませんでしたshitsumon shimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 質問してしつもんしてshitsumon shite
    2. request質問してくださいしつもんしてくださいshitsumon shite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 質問しましょうしつもんしましょうshitsumon shimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative質問したいしつもんしたいshitsumon shitai
    2. negative質問したくないしつもんしたくないshitsumon shitakunai
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質問するしつもんするshitsumon suru
    2. negative質問しないしつもんしないshitsumon shinai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative質問したしつもんしたshitsumon shita
    2. negative質問しなかったしつもんしなかったshitsumon shinakatta

  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質問しているしつもんしているshitsumon shite iru
    2. polite質問していますしつもんしていますshitsumon shite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain質問できるしつもんできるshitsumon dekiru
    2. polite質問できますしつもんできますshitsumon dekimasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 質問したらしつもんしたらshitsumon shitara

  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質問されるしつもんされるshitsumon sareru
    2. polite質問されますしつもんされますshitsumon saremasu
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. 質問しようしつもんしようshitsumon shiyō

  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質問しろしつもんしろshitsumon shiro
    2. ban質問するなしつもんするなshitsumon suru 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質問すればしつもんすればshitsumon sureba
    2. negative質問しなければしつもんしなければshitsumon shinakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain質問させるしつもんさせるshitsumon saseru
    2. polite質問させますしつもんさせますshitsumon sasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain質問させられるしつもんさせられるshitsumon saserareru
    2. polite質問させられますしつもんさせられますshitsumon saseraremasu