JAPANESE VERB

きんちょうする

緊張する

to feel nervous

Conjugation

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now, habits, and what is to come

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI feel nervous
NegativeI don’t feel nervous

finished actions

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI felt nervous
NegativeI didn’t feel nervous

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form	Polite	Plain
て-formfeeling nervous, and…
Doing now (ています)I am feeling nervous
Please (てください)please feel nervous

可能形 · “can”

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI can feel nervous
NegativeI can’t feel nervous

たい形 · “want to”

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI want to feel nervous
NegativeI don’t want to feel nervous

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form	Polite	Plain
Let’slet’s feel nervous

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 felt nervous
CausativeI make someone feel nervous

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

Present and future

ひとのまえではなすとき、 きんちょう します。

I get nervous when I speak in front of people.
Past

めんせつですごく きんちょう した。

I was really nervous at the interview.
Te-form

ベンさん、 きんちょう していますね。

You're nervous, aren't you, Ben?
Potential

こんなに きんちょう できる のは、わかいうちだけです。

Only the young can get this nervous.
Want to

あしたは きんちょう したくない。

I don't want to be nervous tomorrow.
Volitional

きんちょう しよう と、じゅんびはかんぺきだ。

Nervous or not, the preparation is perfect.
Conditional

きんちょう したら、ふかくいきをしてください。

If you get nervous, breathe deeply.
Commands and requests

そんなに きんちょう しないで ください。

Please don't be so nervous.
Passive and causative

せんせいのしつもんに きんちょう させられました。

The teacher's question made me nervous.

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

はじめてのひととはなすとき、きんちょうします。 I feel nervous when I talk to someone for the first time.
めんせつできんちょうしました。 I was nervous at the interview.
あしたのスピーチも、きんちょうするとおもいます。 I think I'll be nervous about tomorrow's speech too.