Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI touch | ||
| NegativeI don’t touch |
JAPANESE VERB
触れる
to touch
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI touch | ||
| NegativeI don’t touch |
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI touched | ||
| NegativeI didn’t touch |
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formtouching, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am touching | ||
| Please (て ください)please touch |
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can touch | ||
| NegativeI can’t touch |
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to touch | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to touch |
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s touch |
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 touched | ||
| CausativeI make someone touch |
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
この は に ふれる と、 かゆく なります。
If you touch this leaf, you get itchy.
ゆび が、 すこし かのじょ の て に ふれた。
My finger touched her hand a little.
りょこう で、 がいこく の ぶんか に ふれて きました。
On the trip, I came into contact with a foreign culture.
ガラス ごし なので、 どうぶつ に は ふれられません。
There's glass between, so you can't touch the animals.
ほんもの の ゆき に、 いちど ふれたい。
I want to touch real snow once.
きょう は、 その もんだい に かるく ふれよう。
Today, let's touch lightly on that problem.
さくひん に ふれれば、 けいほう が なります。
If you touch the artwork, an alarm goes off.
てんじひん に は、 ふれないで ください。
Please don't touch the exhibits.
でんしゃ で、 しらない ひと に かた を ふれられた。
On the train, a stranger touched my shoulder.
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
The same pattern, on other verbs: ichidan verb (ru-verb).