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JAPANESE VERB

できあがる

出来上がる

to be finished, to be ready

  • #481 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 am finished
NegativeI am not finished

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI was finished
NegativeI was not finished

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formbeing finished, and…
Doing now (て います)I am being finished
Please (て ください)please be finished

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can be finished
NegativeI can’t be finished

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to be finished
NegativeI don’t want to be finished

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s be finished

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
Passive
Causative

How to use できあがる

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

  1. Present and future

    ケーキ は さんじ ごろ できあがります。

    The cake will be ready around three.

  2. Past

    やっと レポート が できあがった。

    The report's finally done.

  3. Te-form

    りょうり は もう できあがって いる。

    The food is already ready.

  4. Potential

    あした まで に、 ほんとう に できあがれる の？

    Can it really be ready by tomorrow?

  5. Want to

    きょう は のんで、 はやく できあがりたい。

    Today I want to drink and get merry fast.

  6. Volitional

    ふたり で ゆっくり できあがろう か。

    Shall we take our time getting merry, the two of us?

  7. Conditional

    ごはん が できあがったら、 よんで ね。

    When dinner's ready, call me.

  8. Commands and requests

    ケーキ よ、 はやく できあがれ！

    Cake, hurry up and be done!

  9. Passive and causative

    いっしゅうかん で さくひん を できあがらせた。

    I got the piece finished in a week.

Good to know

  • Of a person, できあがって いる means well and truly drunk.

Where you hear できあがる

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

Japanese · Intermediate Level 1

  • りょうり は しちじ に できあがります。 The food is ready at seven.
  • はりがみ が できあがった。 The notice is finished.
  • あした の ごはん は しちじ に できあがる。 Tomorrow's meal will be ready at seven.
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The Ring

Intermediate Level 1 · できあがります

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Verbs like this one

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