Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI search online | ||
| NegativeI don’t search online |
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now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI search online | ||
| NegativeI don’t search online |
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI searched online | ||
| NegativeI didn’t search online |
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formsearching online, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am searching online | ||
| Please (て ください)please search online |
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can search online | ||
| NegativeI can’t search online |
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to search online | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to search online |
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s search online |
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 searched online | ||
| CausativeI make someone search online |
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
わからない ことば は すぐ けんさく します。
Words I don't know, I look up right away.
ちかく の ラーメンや を けんさく した。
I searched for ramen shops nearby.
いま みせ の ばしょ を けんさく して いる。
I'm searching for the shop's location now.
この アプリ は こえ でも けんさく できる。
This app can search by voice too.
この はな の なまえ を けんさく したい。
I want to look up the name of this flower.
わからない こと は、 まず けんさく しよう。
Things you don't know, search for them first.
なまえ で けんさく すれば、 すぐ でて きます。
If you search by name, it comes right up.
ひと に きく まえ に、 じぶん で けんさく しなさい。
Before asking someone, search for it yourself.
この ことば は いちにち に なんまんかい も けんさく される。
This word is searched tens of thousands of times a day.
The same pattern, on other verbs: する verb.