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Japanese verb頼む (tanomu) Conjugation
頼む (tanomu) means “to request, to beg, to ask”. It is a う-verb (godan) verb. It is an う-verb (godan): the last sound changes, 頼まない and 頼みます, and the te-form is 頼んで. 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 request, to beg, to ask
- Type
- う-verb (godan)
- Dictionary form
- 頼む
- Reading
- たのむ
- Romaji
- tanomu
- Masu form
- 頼みます
- Nai form
- 頼まない
- Te-form
- 頼んで
- Ta form
- 頼んだ
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 頼む |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 頼まない |
| Polite | 頼みます |
| Polite negative | 頼みません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 頼んだ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 頼まなかった |
| Polite | 頼みました |
| Polite negative | 頼みませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 頼んで |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 頼まないで |
Progressive (-te iru)ている
| Plain | 頼んでいる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 頼んでいない |
| Polite | 頼んでいます |
| Polite negative | 頼んでいません |
Wanting, inviting, telling
Want to (-tai)たい形
| Plain | 頼みたい |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 頼みたくない |
| Polite | 頼みたいです |
| Polite negative | 頼みたくないです |
Volitional意向形
| Plain | 頼もう |
|---|---|
| Polite | 頼みましょう |
Imperative and requests命令形
| Plain command | 頼め |
|---|---|
| Plain negative (don't) | 頼むな |
| Polite request (-te kudasai) | 頼んでください |
| Polite negative (-naide kudasai) | 頼まないでください |
Can and if
Potential可能形
| Plain | 頼める |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 頼めない |
| Polite | 頼めます |
| Polite negative | 頼めません |
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 頼めば |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 頼まなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 頼んだら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 頼まなかったら |
Passive and causative
Passive受身形
| Plain | 頼まれる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 頼まれない |
| Polite | 頼まれます |
| Polite negative | 頼まれません |
Causative使役形
| Plain | 頼ませる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 頼ませない |
| Polite | 頼ませます |
| Polite negative | 頼ませません |
Causative passive使役受身形
| Plain | 頼まされる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 頼まされない |
| Polite | 頼まされます |
| Polite negative | 頼まされません |
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 受け入れる (ukeireru)to accept, to receive, to agree
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- 美しい (utsukushii)beautiful, pretty, lovely
- 幅広い (habahiroi)extensive, wide, broad
- 崩れる (kuzureru)to collapse, to crumble
- 抱える (kakaeru)to hold in one's arms
- 流す (nagasu)to drain, to pour, to run
- 押さえる (osaeru)to pin down, to hold down, to press down
- 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
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