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JAPANESE VERB

きめる

決める

to decide

  • #92 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 decide
NegativeI don’t decide

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI decided
NegativeI didn’t decide

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formdeciding, and…
Doing now (て います)I am deciding
Please (て ください)please decide

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can decide
NegativeI can’t decide

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s decide

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am decided
CausativeI make someone decide

How to use きめる

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

  1. Present and future

    りょこう の ひ は わたし が きめます。

    I'll decide the dates of the trip.

  2. Past

    ばんごはん は カレー に きめた。

    I've decided on curry for dinner.

  3. Te-form

    なまえ は もう きめて あります。

    The name's already been decided.

  4. Potential

    ひとり で は きめられません。

    I can't decide on my own.

  5. Want to

    きょう じゅう に きめたい。

    I want to decide by the end of today.

  6. Volitional

    じゃあ、 じゃんけん で きめよう。

    Then let's decide by rock-paper-scissors.

  7. Conditional

    はやく きめれば、 やすく かえます。

    If you decide quickly, you can buy it cheap.

  8. Commands and requests

    どっち か ひとつ、 きめなさい。

    Pick one or the other.

  9. Passive and causative

    やすみ の ひ は かいしゃ に きめられて います。

    The days off are decided by the company.

Where you hear きめる

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Japanese · Beginner Level 2

  • へや は じぶん で きめます。 I choose the flat myself.
  • ひとつ め の へや に きめました。 I decided on the first flat.
  • あした、 ひっこし の ひ を きめます。 Tomorrow I'll decide on the moving day.

Japanese · Beginner Level 3

  • はなや の メニュー は おばあちゃん が きめます。 Grandma decides the Hanaya's menu.
  • にほんご の しけん を うける こと に きめました。 I decided to take the Japanese exam.
  • こんげつ の おわり まで に きめます。 I'll decide by the end of the month.
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Which One?

Beginner Level 2 · きめます · きめました

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Yui's News

Beginner Level 3 · きめる

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Deciding Together

Beginner Level 3 · いっしょに きめて よかった です。

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The Proposal

Intermediate Level 1 · きめた

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Telling the Families

Intermediate Level 1 · きめて ない · まだ きめて ない。

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Telling the Friends

Intermediate Level 1 · きめて いません · まだ きめて いません。

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Where and When?

Intermediate Level 1 · きめよう

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The Seating Plan

Intermediate Level 2 · きめよう

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Verbs like this one

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