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JAPANESE VERB

ふくめる

含める

to include

  • #446 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 include
NegativeI don’t include

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI included
NegativeI didn’t include

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formincluding, and…
Doing now (て います)I am including
Please (て ください)please include

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can include
NegativeI can’t include

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s include

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am included
CausativeI make someone include

How to use ふくめる

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

  1. Present and future

    この ねだん は ぜいきん を ふくめます か？

    Does this price include tax?

  2. Past

    こうつうひ も ふくめました。

    I included the travel costs too.

  3. Te-form

    わたし を ふくめて、 ぜんぶ で ごにん です。

    Including me, there are five of us.

  4. Potential

    この よさん に りょこう も ふくめられます か？

    Can we include the trip in this budget?

  5. Want to

    リスト に ゆい さん も ふくめたい です。

    I want to include Yui on the list too.

  6. Volitional

    しゃしん に おばあさん も ふくめよう。

    Let's include Grandma in the photo too.

  7. Conditional

    サービスりょう を ふくめれば、 ごせんえん です。

    If you include the service charge, it's five thousand yen.

  8. Commands and requests

    なまえ の リスト に ぼく も ふくめて ください。

    Please include me on the list of names.

  9. Passive and causative

    ちょうしょく は りょうきん に ふくめられて います。

    Breakfast is included in the price.

Good to know

  • ふくめる is transitive (税 を ふくめる); the matching intransitive is ふくむ (税 を ふくむ ねだん, a price that includes tax).

Where you hear ふくめる

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Japanese · Intermediate Level 2

  • ゲスト の かず に、 こども も ふくめます。 We include children in the number of guests.
  • ゲスト の かず に、 りく さん も ふくめた。 We included Riku in the number of guests.
  • スピーチ に、 なっとう の はなし も ふくめる。 I'll include the natto story in my speech.
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Kenta's Speech

Intermediate Level 2 · ふくめて

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Verbs like this one

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