Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI hide | ||
| NegativeI don’t hide |
JAPANESE VERB
隠れる
to hide
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI hide | ||
| NegativeI don’t hide |
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI hid | ||
| NegativeI didn’t hide |
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formhiding, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am hiding | ||
| Please (て ください)please hide |
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can hide | ||
| NegativeI can’t hide |
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to hide | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to hide |
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s hide |
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 hidden | ||
| CausativeI make someone hide |
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
ねこ は おきゃくさん が くる と かくれます。
The cat hides when guests come.
こども は つくえ の した に かくれた。
The child hid under the desk.
つき が くも に かくれて いる。
The moon is hidden behind the clouds.
この へや に は どこ に も かくれられない。
There's nowhere to hide in this room.
はずかしくて、 どこか に かくれたい。
I'm so embarrassed I want to hide somewhere.
はやく! あの き の うしろ に かくれよう。
Quick! Let's hide behind that tree.
ここ に かくれれば、 みつからない よ。
If you hide here, they won't find you.
かくれないで ください。 おこって いません から。
Please don't hide. I'm not angry.
かくれんぼ で、 いもうと を おしいれ に かくれさせた。
Playing hide-and-seek, I had my little sister hide in the closet.
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
The same pattern, on other verbs: ichidan verb (ru-verb).