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JAPANESE VERB

かぞえる

数える

to count

  • #442 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 count
NegativeI don’t count

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI counted
NegativeI didn’t count

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formcounting, and…
Doing now (て います)I am counting
Please (て ください)please count

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can count
NegativeI can’t count

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to count
NegativeI don’t want to count

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s count

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am counted
CausativeI make someone count

How to use かぞえる

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

  1. Present and future

    こども は ゆび で かぞえます。

    Children count on their fingers.

  2. Past

    おつり を かぞえたら、 ひゃくえん たりなかった。

    When I counted the change, a hundred yen was missing.

  3. Te-form

    め を つぶって、 じゅう まで かぞえて。

    Close your eyes and count to ten.

  4. Potential

    むすこ は もう ひゃく まで かぞえられます。

    My son can count to a hundred now.

  5. Want to

    ほし を ぜんぶ かぞえたい、 と むすめ が いった。

    My daughter said she wanted to count all the stars.

  6. Volitional

    なんにん くる か、 かぞえよう。

    Let's count how many are coming.

  7. Conditional

    かぞえれば、 ちゃんと さんじゅうまい ある よ。

    If you count, there are exactly thirty sheets.

  8. Commands and requests

    ねむれない なら、 ひつじ を かぞえなさい。

    If you can't sleep, count sheep.

  9. Passive and causative

    かいじょう で、 ひとり ずつ かぞえられた。

    At the venue we were counted one by one.

Good to know

  • ひゃく まで かぞえる is to count to a hundred.

Where you hear かぞえる

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

Japanese · Intermediate Level 2

  • ベン は おじぎ の とき、 みっつ かぞえる。 When Ben bows, he counts to three.
  • きのう、 なふだ を かぞえた。 ろくじゅうまい あった。 Yesterday I counted the name cards. There were sixty.
  • あした、 ゲスト の かず を もう いちど かぞえます。 Tomorrow I'll count the guests once more.
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Intermediate Level 2 · かぞえて

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Verbs like this one

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