選ぶ

えらぶerabu

choose

Godan verb, group 1, ending -bu.

Conjugated like 呼ぶ, 遊ぶ, 飛ぶ, 学ぶ, 喜ぶ, 並ぶ

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選びますえらびますerabimasu
    2. negative選びませんえらびませんerabimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative選びましたえらびましたerabimashita
    2. negative選びませんでしたえらびませんでしたerabimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 選んでえらんでerande
    2. request選んでくださいえらんでくださいerande kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 選びましょうえらびましょうerabimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative選びたいえらびたいerabitai
    2. negative選びたくないえらびたくないerabitakunai
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選ぶえらぶerabu
    2. negative選ばないえらばないerabanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative選んだえらんだeranda
    2. negative選ばなかったえらばなかったerabanakatta

  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選んでいるえらんでいるerande iru
    2. polite選んでいますえらんでいますerande imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain選べるえらべるeraberu
    2. polite選べますえらべますerabemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 選んだらえらんだらerandara

  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選ばれるえらばれるerabareru
    2. polite選ばれますえらばれますerabaremasu
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. 選ぼうえらぼうerabō

  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選べえらべerabe
    2. ban選ぶなえらぶなerabu 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選べばえらべばerabeba
    2. negative選ばなければえらばなければerabanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain選ばせるえらばせるerabaseru
    2. polite選ばせますえらばせますerabasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain選ばせられるえらばせられるerabaserareru
    2. polite選ばせられますえらばせられますerabaseraremasu