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Japanese verbやめる (yameru) Conjugation
やめる (yameru) means “to stop, to quit”. It is a る-verb (ichidan) verb. It is a る-verb (ichidan): drop the る and add the ending, so やめます, やめない, やめて. 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 stop, to quit
- Type
- る-verb (ichidan)
- Dictionary form
- やめる
- Romaji
- yameru
- Masu form
- やめます
- Nai form
- やめない
- Te-form
- やめて
- Ta form
- やめた
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | やめる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | やめない |
| Polite | やめます |
| Polite negative | やめません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | やめた |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | やめなかった |
| Polite | やめました |
| Polite negative | やめませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | やめて |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | やめないで |
Progressive (-te iru)ている
| Plain | やめている |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | やめていない |
| Polite | やめています |
| Polite negative | やめていません |
Wanting, inviting, telling
Want to (-tai)たい形
| Plain | やめたい |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | やめたくない |
| Polite | やめたいです |
| Polite negative | やめたくないです |
Volitional意向形
| Plain | やめよう |
|---|---|
| Polite | やめましょう |
Imperative and requests命令形
| Plain command | やめろ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative (don't) | やめるな |
| Polite request (-te kudasai) | やめてください |
| Polite negative (-naide kudasai) | やめないでください |
Can and if
Potential可能形
| Plain | やめられる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | やめられない |
| Polite | やめられます |
| Polite negative | やめられません |
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | やめれば |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | やめなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | やめたら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | やめなかったら |
Passive and causative
Passive受身形
| Plain | やめられる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | やめられない |
| Polite | やめられます |
| Polite negative | やめられません |
Causative使役形
| Plain | やめさせる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | やめさせない |
| Polite | やめさせます |
| Polite negative | やめさせません |
Causative passive使役受身形
| Plain | やめさせられる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | やめさせられない |
| Polite | やめさせられます |
| Polite negative | やめさせられません |
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 押す (osu)to push, to press
- 引く (hiku)to pull
- 置く (oku)to put, to place
- 探す (sagasu)to look for
- 見つける (mitsukeru)to find
- 続ける (tsuzukeru)to continue
- 生まれる (umareru)to be born
- くださる (kudasaru)to give (to me, honorific)
- いらっしゃる (irassharu)to come, to go, to be (honorific)
- おっしゃる (ossharu)to say (honorific)
- いい (ii)good
- 大きい (ookii)big
About these tables
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