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JAPANESE VERB

はえる

生える

to grow, of mould

  • #410 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 grow
NegativeI don’t grow

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI grew
NegativeI didn’t grow

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formgrowing, and…
Doing now (て います)I am growing
Please (て ください)please grow

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can grow
NegativeI can’t grow

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s grow

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am grown
CausativeI make someone grow

How to use はえる

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

  1. Present and future

    この へや は、 すぐ カビ が はえます。

    This room gets mould straight away.

  2. Past

    あかちゃん に はじめて は が はえた。

    The baby's first tooth has come through.

  3. Te-form

    チーズ に カビ が はえて いる よ。

    There's mould growing on the cheese.

  4. Potential

    カビ が はえた もち は、 もう たべられません。

    Rice cake with mould on it can't be eaten any more.

  5. Want to

    カビ が はえる まえ に、 たべて しまいたい。

    I want to eat it up before mould grows on it.

  6. Volitional

    くさ が はえる まえ に、 にわ を きれい に しよう。

    Before the grass comes up, let's tidy the garden.

  7. Conditional

    カビ が はえたら、 すてて ください ね。

    If mould grows on it, please throw it out.

  8. Commands and requests

    カビ が はえて いる から、 たべないで。

    There's mould on it, so don't eat it.

  9. Passive and causative

    かみ を はえさせる くすり が ある そう だ。

    Apparently there's a medicine that makes hair grow.

Good to know

  • はえる is for what comes up by itself: hair, teeth, grass, mould. You never はえる something.
  • So where a form isn't used, the sentence shows はえる beside another verb.

Where you hear はえる

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

Japanese · Intermediate Level 2

  • つゆ は すぐ かび が はえる。 In the rainy season, mould grows fast.
  • おふろ に かび が はえた。 Mould has grown in the bathroom.
  • そうじ しない と、 また かび が はえる よ。 If we don't clean, the mould will grow again.
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The Rainy Season

Intermediate Level 2 · はえた

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Verbs like this one

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