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JAPANESE VERB

あつまる

集まる

to gather, to get together

  • #140 most used
  • Godan verb (u-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI gather
NegativeI don’t gather

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI gathered
NegativeI didn’t gather

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formgathering, and…
Doing now (て います)I am gathering
Please (て ください)please gather

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can gather
NegativeI can’t gather

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to gather
NegativeI don’t want to gather

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s gather

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am gathered
CausativeI make someone gather

How to use あつまる

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

  1. Present and future

    まいしゅう きんようび に ともだち が あつまります。

    Friends get together every Friday.

  2. Past

    おまつり に おおぜい の ひと が あつまった。

    A big crowd gathered at the festival.

  3. Te-form

    みんな は もう えき の まえ に あつまって います。

    Everyone's already gathered in front of the station.

  4. Potential

    らいしゅう なら ぜんいん あつまれます。

    Next week, everyone can get together.

  5. Want to

    また むかし の なかま と あつまりたい。

    I want to get together with the old gang again.

  6. Volitional

    おしょうがつ に じっか に あつまろう。

    Let's gather at our parents' place for New Year's.

  7. Conditional

    じゅうにん あつまれば、 わりびき に なります。

    If ten people get together, there's a discount.

  8. Commands and requests

    くじ まで に ここ に あつまりなさい。

    Be gathered here by nine.

  9. Passive and causative

    コーチ は せんしゅ を たいいくかん に あつまらせた。

    The coach had the players assemble in the gym.

Good to know

  • あつまる is for people who gather; あつめる is to collect things.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).