Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI display | ||
| NegativeI don’t display |
JAPANESE VERB
かざる
飾る
to display, to put up, to decorate
- #356 most used
- Godan verb (u-verb)
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI displayed | ||
| NegativeI didn’t display |
Te-form
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formdisplaying, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am displaying | ||
| Please (て ください)please display |
Potential
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can display | ||
| NegativeI can’t display |
Want to
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to display | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to display |
Volitional
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s display |
Conditional
条件形 · “if” and “when”
- If (ば) if I display
- If, when (たら) if I display
Commands and requests
命令形 · from gentle to blunt
- Do it (なさい) display (do it)
- Plain command display!
- Please don’t please don’t display
Passive and causative
受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| PassiveI am displayed | ||
| CausativeI make someone display |
How to use かざる
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present and future
みせ の いりぐち に はな を かざります。
I put flowers at the entrance of the shop.
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Past
おしょうがつ に かどまつ を かざった。
At New Year we put up the pine decorations.
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Te-form
へや に ベン さん の しゃしん を かざって います。
I have a photo of Ben up in my room.
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Potential
この かべ に は え を かざれる？
Can we hang a picture on this wall?
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Want to
クリスマス に は ツリー を かざりたい です。
At Christmas I want to put up a tree.
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Volitional
みんな で きょうしつ を かざろう。
Let's all decorate the classroom.
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Conditional
はな を かざれば、 へや が あかるく なります。
If you put flowers out, the room brightens up.
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Commands and requests
ひなにんぎょう は はやめ に かざりなさい。
Put the dolls out early.
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Passive and causative
おまつり の ひ、 まち に ちょうちん が かざられます。
On the festival day, lanterns are put up around town.
Where you hear かざる
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Japanese · Beginner Level 3
- はなや の いりぐち に は いつも はな を かざります。 I always put flowers at the entrance of the Hanaya.
- しょうしょ を かべ に かざりました。 I put the certificate up on the wall.
- あした、 しゃしん も かざります。 Tomorrow, I'll put the photo up too.
Japanese · Intermediate Level 1
- まいとし、 げんかん に かどまつ を かざります。 Every year, I put New Year pines at the entrance.
- しめかざり を ドア に かざった。 I put the rope decoration on the door.
- あした、 バラ を かざります。 Tomorrow I'll put out the roses.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).