頼む

たのむtanomu

order

Godan verb, group 1, ending -mu.

Conjugated like 読む, 飲む, 含む, 楽しむ, 悩む, 望む

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頼みますたのみますtanomimasu
    2. negative頼みませんたのみませんtanomimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative頼みましたたのみましたtanomimashita
    2. negative頼みませんでしたたのみませんでしたtanomimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 頼んでたのんでtanonde
    2. request頼んでくださいたのんでくださいtanonde kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 頼みましょうたのみましょうtanomimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative頼みたいたのみたいtanomitai
    2. negative頼みたくないたのみたくないtanomitakunai
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頼むたのむtanomu
    2. negative頼まないたのまないtanomanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative頼んだたのんだtanonda
    2. negative頼まなかったたのまなかったtanomanakatta

  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頼んでいるたのんでいるtanonde iru
    2. polite頼んでいますたのんでいますtanonde imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain頼めるたのめるtanomeru
    2. polite頼めますたのめますtanomemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 頼んだらたのんだらtanondara

  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頼まれるたのまれるtanomareru
    2. polite頼まれますたのまれますtanomaremasu
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. 頼もうたのもうtanomō

  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頼めたのめtanome
    2. ban頼むなたのむなtanomu 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頼めばたのめばtanomeba
    2. negative頼まなければたのまなければtanomanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain頼ませるたのませるtanomaseru
    2. polite頼ませますたのませますtanomasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain頼ませられるたのませられるtanomaserareru
    2. polite頼ませられますたのませられますtanomaseraremasu