Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI save | ||
| NegativeI don’t save |
Conjugation
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Past
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI saved | ||
| NegativeI didn’t save |
Te-form
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formsaving, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am saving | ||
| Please (て ください)please save |
Potential
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can save | ||
| NegativeI can’t save |
Want to
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to save | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to save |
Volitional
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s save |
Conditional
条件形 · “if” and “when”
- If (ば) if I save
- If, when (たら) if I save
Commands and requests
命令形 · from gentle to blunt
- Do it (なさい) save (do it)
- Plain command save!
- Please don’t please don’t save
Passive and causative
受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| PassiveI am saved | ||
| CausativeI make someone save |
How to use ほぞん する
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present and future
しゃしん は クラウド に ほぞん します。
I save my photos to the cloud.
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Past
さっき かいた ぶんしょ を デスクトップ に ほぞん した。
I saved the document I just wrote to the desktop.
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Te-form
この データ は ほぞん して あります か。
Is this data saved?
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Potential
いっぱい で、 もう しゃしん が ほぞん できない。
It's full; I can't save any more photos.
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Want to
この どうが を ほぞん したい ん だ けど。
I want to save this video.
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Volitional
わすれない うち に ほぞん しよう。
Let's save it before we forget.
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Conditional
れいとうこ で ほぞん すれば、 いっかげつ もちます。
If you keep it in the freezer, it'll last a month.
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Commands and requests
こまめ に ほぞん しなさい。 あと で なきます よ。
Save often. You'll cry later otherwise.
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Passive and causative
この しりょう は ごじゅうねん ほぞん されます。
This document will be kept for fifty years.
Good to know
- ほぞん する is to save a file, and also to keep food: れいぞうこ で ほぞん する.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: する verb.