Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI get ready | ||
| NegativeI don’t get ready |
Conjugation
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Past
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI got ready | ||
| NegativeI didn’t get ready |
Te-form
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formgetting ready, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am getting ready | ||
| Please (て ください)please get ready |
Potential
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can get ready | ||
| NegativeI can’t get ready |
Want to
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to get ready | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to get ready |
Volitional
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s get ready |
Conditional
条件形 · “if” and “when”
- If (ば) if I get ready
- If, when (たら) if I get ready
Commands and requests
命令形 · from gentle to blunt
- Do it (なさい) get ready (do it)
- Plain command get ready!
- Please don’t please don’t get ready
Passive and causative
受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| PassiveI am gotten ready | ||
| CausativeI make someone get ready |
How to use じゅんび する
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present and future
まいばん、 あした の ふく を じゅんび します。
Every night I get tomorrow's clothes ready.
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Past
パーティー の りょうり を ぜんぶ じゅんび した。
I prepared all the food for the party.
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Te-form
はっぴょう の しりょう を じゅんび して います。
I'm preparing the materials for the presentation.
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Potential
さんじゅっぷん で じゅんび できます か。
Can you get ready in thirty minutes?
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Want to
りょこう の にもつ を はやめ に じゅんび したい。
I want to pack for the trip early.
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Volitional
あさごはん を いっしょ に じゅんび しよう。
Let's make breakfast together.
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Conditional
まえ の ひ に じゅんび すれば、 あさ が らく よ。
If you get ready the day before, the morning's easy.
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Commands and requests
かいぎ の まえ に しりょう を じゅんび しなさい。
Prepare the materials before the meeting.
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Passive and causative
かいじょう は もう きれい に じゅんび されて いた。
The venue had already been nicely prepared.
Good to know
- じゅんび する and よういする mean the same; したく する is getting yourself ready to go out.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: する verb.