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JAPANESE VERB

えらぶ

選ぶ

to choose

  • #91 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 choose
NegativeI don’t choose

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI chose
NegativeI didn’t choose

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formchoosing, and…
Doing now (て います)I am choosing
Please (て ください)please choose

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can choose
NegativeI can’t choose

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s choose

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am chosen
CausativeI make someone choose

How to use えらぶ

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

  1. Present and future

    ベン は いつも おなじ メニュー を えらぶ。

    Ben always chooses the same thing on the menu.

  2. Past

    けっこんしき の かいじょう は ふたり で えらびました。

    We chose the wedding venue together.

  3. Te-form

    すきな いろ を えらんで ください。

    Please choose the colour you like.

  4. Potential

    みっつ の なか から ひとつ えらべます。

    You can choose one of the three.

  5. Want to

    プレゼント は じぶん で えらびたい。

    I want to choose the present myself.

  6. Volitional

    ゆびわ は いっしょ に えらぼう。

    Let's choose the ring together.

  7. Conditional

    やすい ほう を えらべば、 おかね が のこる よ。

    If you choose the cheaper one, you'll have money left over.

  8. Commands and requests

    はやく えらびなさい。 みせ が しまる よ。

    Choose quickly. The shop is closing.

  9. Passive and causative

    ベン が チーム の リーダー に えらばれた。

    Ben was chosen as team leader.

Good to know

  • から えらぶ is to choose from: みっつ の なか から えらぶ.

Where you hear えらぶ

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

Japanese · Intermediate Level 2

  • ゆい は いつも いちばん たかい もの を えらぶ。 Yui always chooses the most expensive one.
  • しゅにん に えらばれた。 I was chosen as head teacher.
  • らいしゅう、 りょうり を えらびます。 Next week, we'll choose the food.
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Head Teacher

Intermediate Level 2 · えらぶ · えらばれる · えらばれた

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Verbs like this one

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