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Japanese verb備える (sonaeru) Conjugation
備える (sonaeru) means “to furnish with, to equip with, to provide”. It is a る-verb (ichidan) verb. It is a る-verb (ichidan): drop the る and add the ending, so 備えます, 備えない, 備えて. Below is its conjugation in all 14 forms, plain and polite, the same forms the Japanese verb conjugation worksheets print in their answer keys.
- Meaning
- to furnish with, to equip with, to provide
- Type
- る-verb (ichidan)
- Dictionary form
- 備える
- Reading
- そなえる
- Romaji
- sonaeru
- Masu form
- 備えます
- Nai form
- 備えない
- Te-form
- 備えて
- Ta form
- 備えた
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 備える |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 備えない |
| Polite | 備えます |
| Polite negative | 備えません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 備えた |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 備えなかった |
| Polite | 備えました |
| Polite negative | 備えませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 備えて |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 備えないで |
Progressive (-te iru)ている
| Plain | 備えている |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 備えていない |
| Polite | 備えています |
| Polite negative | 備えていません |
Wanting, inviting, telling
Want to (-tai)たい形
| Plain | 備えたい |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 備えたくない |
| Polite | 備えたいです |
| Polite negative | 備えたくないです |
Volitional意向形
| Plain | 備えよう |
|---|---|
| Polite | 備えましょう |
Imperative and requests命令形
| Plain command | 備えろ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative (don't) | 備えるな |
| Polite request (-te kudasai) | 備えてください |
| Polite negative (-naide kudasai) | 備えないでください |
Can and if
Potential可能形
| Plain | 備えられる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 備えられない |
| Polite | 備えられます |
| Polite negative | 備えられません |
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 備えれば |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 備えなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 備えたら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 備えなかったら |
Passive and causative
Passive受身形
| Plain | 備えられる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 備えられない |
| Polite | 備えられます |
| Polite negative | 備えられません |
Causative使役形
| Plain | 備えさせる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 備えさせない |
| Polite | 備えさせます |
| Polite negative | 備えさせません |
Causative passive使役受身形
| Plain | 備えさせられる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 備えさせられない |
| Polite | 備えさせられます |
| Polite negative | 備えさせられません |
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 良い (yoi)good, excellent, fine
- 余儀ない (yoginai)unavoidable, inevitable, beyond one's control
- 感じる (kanjiru)to feel, to sense, to experience
- 寄せる (yoseru)to come near, to let someone approach
- 及ぶ (oyobu)to reach, to amount to, to befall
- 強める (tsuyomeru)to strengthen, to emphasize, to emphasise
- 繰り返す (kurikaesu)to repeat, to do over again
- 固める (katameru)to harden, to freeze, to strengthen
- 語らう (katarau)to talk, to tell, to recite
- 語る (kataru)to talk about, to speak of, to tell
- 攻める (semeru)to attack, to assault, to assail
- 細かい (komakai)small
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