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JAPANESE VERB

あたためる

温める

to heat up

  • #422 most used
  • Ichidan verb (ru-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI heat up
NegativeI don’t heat up

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI heated up
NegativeI didn’t heat up

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formheating up, and…
Doing now (て います)I am heating up
Please (て ください)please heat up

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can heat up
NegativeI can’t heat up

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to heat up
NegativeI don’t want to heat up

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s heat up

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I heat up
  2. If, when (たら) if I heat up

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) heat up (do it)
  2. Plain command heat up!
  3. Please don’t please don’t heat up

Passive and causative

受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am heated up
CausativeI make someone heat up

How to use あたためる

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present and future

    おべんとう は レンジ で あたためます。

    I heat up my lunch box in the microwave.

  2. Past

    ゆうべ の カレー を あたためた。

    I heated up last night's curry.

  3. Te-form

    この おべんとう、 あたためて ください。

    Please heat up this lunch box.

  4. Potential

    ここ で ミルク を あたためられます か？

    Can I warm up milk here?

  5. Want to

    さむい から、 スープ を あたためたい。

    It's cold, so I want to heat up some soup.

  6. Volitional

    ごはん が さめて いる。 あたためよう。

    The rice has gone cold. Let's heat it up.

  7. Conditional

    あたためれば、 また おいしく なる よ。

    If you heat it up, it'll be tasty again.

  8. Commands and requests

    この ケーキ は あたためないで ください。

    Please don't heat this cake up.

  9. Passive and causative

    こども に じぶん で ミルク を あたためさせた。

    I let my kid warm up the milk himself.

Where you hear あたためる

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Japanese · Intermediate Level 1

  • つぎ の ひ の カレー は いつも あたためる。 I always heat up the curry the next day.
  • あさごはん を あたためた。 I heated up the breakfast.
  • すぐ あたためる よ。 I'll heat it up right away.
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The Night Shift

Intermediate Level 1 · あたためる ね。

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: ichidan verb (ru-verb).