Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI save money | ||
| NegativeI don’t save money |
JAPANESE VERB
貯金 する
to save money
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI save money | ||
| NegativeI don’t save money |
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI saved money | ||
| NegativeI didn’t save money |
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formsaving money, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am saving money | ||
| Please (て ください)please save money |
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can save money | ||
| NegativeI can’t save money |
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to save money | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to save money |
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s save money |
条件形 · “if” and “when”
命令形 · from gentle to blunt
受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| PassiveI am saved money | ||
| CausativeI make someone save money |
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
まいつき きゅうりょう の いちぶ を ちょきん します。
Every month I save part of my pay.
りょこう の ため に いちねん ちょきん した。
I saved for a year for the trip.
けっこん に むけて、 ふたり で ちょきん して います。
We're both saving towards the wedding.
やちん が たかくて、 ぜんぜん ちょきん できません。
The rent is high and I can't save anything.
らいねん まで に ひゃくまんえん ちょきん したい。
I want to save a million yen by next year.
がいしょく を へらして、 ちょきん しよう。
Let's eat out less and save.
すこし ずつ ちょきん すれば、 いえ が かえる。
If you save a little at a time, you can buy a house.
つかう まえ に、 すこし ちょきん しなさい。
Before you spend, save a little.
はは は わたし に おこづかい を ちょきん させました。
My mother made me save my pocket money.
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
The same pattern, on other verbs: する verb.