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JAPANESE VERB

がまん する

我慢する

to put up with

  • #225 most used
  • する verb

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI put up with
NegativeI don’t put up with

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI put up with
NegativeI didn’t put up with

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formputting up with, and…
Doing now (て います)I am putting up with
Please (て ください)please put up with

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can put up with
NegativeI can’t put up with

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to put up with
NegativeI don’t want to put up with

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s put up with

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I put up with
  2. If, when (たら) if I put up with

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am put up with
CausativeI make someone put up with

How to use がまん する

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

  1. Present and future

    さむくて も、 ヒーター なし で がまん します。

    Even when it's cold, I make do without the heater.

  2. Past

    トイレ を ながい あいだ がまん した。

    I held on for a long time without a toilet.

  3. Te-form

    いたい の を がまん して、 さいご まで はしった。

    I put up with the pain and ran to the end.

  4. Potential

    あまい もの は、 どうして も がまん できません。

    I just can't resist sweet things.

  5. Want to

    もう がまん したくない。 あした、 かいしゃ を やめる。

    I don't want to put up with it any more. Tomorrow I quit the company.

  6. Volitional

    ボーナス まで、 あたらしい くつ は がまん しよう。

    Let's hold off on new shoes until the bonus.

  7. Conditional

    いま がまん すれば、 あと で らく に なる。

    If you grit your teeth now, it'll be easier later.

  8. Commands and requests

    すこし がまん しなさい。 もう すぐ つく から。

    Put up with it a little. We're almost there.

  9. Passive and causative

    こども に ずっと がまん させて、 もうしわけない。

    I'm sorry I made the children go without for so long.

Good to know

  • がまん できない, "I can't take it", is the form you'll hear most.

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