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JAPANESE VERB

かたづける

片付ける

to tidy up

  • #119 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 tidy up
NegativeI don’t tidy up

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI tidied up
NegativeI didn’t tidy up

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formtidying up, and…
Doing now (て います)I am tidying up
Please (て ください)please tidy up

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can tidy up
NegativeI can’t tidy up

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to tidy up
NegativeI don’t want to tidy up

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s tidy up

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am tidied up
CausativeI make someone tidy up

How to use かたづける

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

  1. Present and future

    しゅうまつ に へや を かたづけます。

    I tidy my room at the weekend.

  2. Past

    きのう、 つくえ の うえ を かたづけた。

    Yesterday I tidied up my desk.

  3. Te-form

    ベン さん、 おさら を かたづけて ください。

    Ben, please clear away the plates.

  4. Potential

    いちじかん で へや を かたづけられる？

    Can you tidy the room in an hour?

  5. Want to

    ひっこし の まえ に おしいれ を かたづけたい です。

    Before the move I want to clear out the cupboard.

  6. Volitional

    みんな で はやく かたづけよう。

    Let's all tidy up quickly.

  7. Conditional

    かたづければ、 きもち が いい です よ。

    If you tidy up, it feels good.

  8. Commands and requests

    あそんだ あと は、 おもちゃ を かたづけなさい。

    After playing, put your toys away.

  9. Passive and causative

    はは は わたし に へや を かたづけさせました。

    My mother made me tidy my room.

Where you hear かたづける

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

Japanese · Beginner Level 3

  • わたし は いつも すぐ かたづけます。 I always tidy up straight away.
  • きのう、 へや を かたづけました。 Yesterday, I tidied my room.
  • あした、 へや を かたづけます。 Tomorrow, I'll tidy my room.
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Deciding Together

Beginner Level 3 · かたづけます

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Verbs like this one

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