Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI retire | ||
| NegativeI don’t retire |
JAPANESE VERB
引退 する
to retire
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI retire | ||
| NegativeI don’t retire |
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI retired | ||
| NegativeI didn’t retire |
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formretiring, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am retiring | ||
| Please (て ください)please retire |
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can retire | ||
| NegativeI can’t retire |
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to retire | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to retire |
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s retire |
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 retired | ||
| CausativeI make someone retire |
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
あの せんしゅ は ことし いんたい します。
That player retires this year.
ちち は ろくじゅうご さい で いんたい した。
My father retired at sixty-five.
さとう さん は いんたい して、 はたけ を して います。
Mrs. Sato has retired and keeps a vegetable garden.
ローン が のこって いて、 まだ いんたい できません。
I still have a loan, so I can't retire yet.
ごじゅう さい で いんたい したい なあ。
I'd like to retire at fifty.
この しあい を さいご に、 いんたい しよう。
I'll make this match my last and retire.
いんたい すれば、 じかん は たっぷり あります よ。
Once you retire, you'll have plenty of time.
まだ わかい ん だ から、 いんたい しないで ください。
You're still young, so please don't retire.
けが が、 あの せんしゅ を いんたい させた。
An injury made that player retire.
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
The same pattern, on other verbs: する verb.