近寄る

ちかよるchikayoru

approach

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 弱る, くぐる, 持ち帰る

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近寄りますちかよりますchikayorimasu
    2. negative近寄りませんちかよりませんchikayorimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative近寄りましたちかよりましたchikayorimashita
    2. negative近寄りませんでしたちかよりませんでしたchikayorimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 近寄ってちかよってchikayotte
    2. request近寄ってくださいちかよってくださいchikayotte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 近寄りましょうちかよりましょうchikayorimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative近寄りたいちかよりたいchikayoritai
    2. negative近寄りたくないちかよりたくないchikayoritakunai
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近寄るちかよるchikayoru
    2. negative近寄らないちかよらないchikayoranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative近寄ったちかよったchikayotta
    2. negative近寄らなかったちかよらなかったchikayoranakatta

  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近寄っているちかよっているchikayotte iru
    2. polite近寄っていますちかよっていますchikayotte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain近寄れるちかよれるchikayoreru
    2. polite近寄れますちかよれますchikayoremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 近寄ったらちかよったらchikayottara

  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近寄られるちかよられるchikayorareru
    2. polite近寄られますちかよられますchikayoraremasu
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. 近寄ろうちかよろうchikayorō

  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近寄れちかよれchikayore
    2. ban近寄るなちかよるなchikayoru 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近寄ればちかよればchikayoreba
    2. negative近寄らなければちかよらなければchikayoranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain近寄らせるちかよらせるchikayoraseru
    2. polite近寄らせますちかよらせますchikayorasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain近寄らせられるちかよらせられるchikayoraserareru
    2. polite近寄らせられますちかよらせられますchikayoraseraremasu