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JAPANESE VERB

まける

負ける

to lose

  • #299 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 lose
NegativeI don’t lose

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI lost
NegativeI didn’t lose

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formlosing, and…
Doing now (て います)I am losing
Please (て ください)please lose

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can lose
NegativeI can’t lose

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s lose

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am lost
CausativeI make someone lose

How to use まける

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

  1. Present and future

    ぼく は ゲーム で は まけません。

    I don't lose at games.

  2. Past

    きのう の しあい、 いってん で まけた。

    We lost yesterday's game by one point.

  3. Te-form

    いま、 にたい いち で まけて いる。

    We're losing two to one right now.

  4. Potential

    この しあい は まけられない。

    We can't lose this game.

  5. Want to

    おとうと に は まけたくない。

    I don't want to lose to my little brother.

  6. Volitional

    こども に は わざと まけよう か。

    Shall we lose to the kids on purpose?

  7. Conditional

    まければ、 ばんごはん は ぼく の おごり。

    If I lose, dinner's on me.

  8. Commands and requests

    びょうき に まけないで ください。

    Please don't let the illness beat you.

  9. Passive and causative

    この チーム を ぜったい まけさせない。

    I won't let this team lose.

Good to know

  • まける takes に too: つよい チーム に まける, to lose to a strong team.

Where you hear まける

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

Japanese · Intermediate Level 1

  • ぼくたち は よく まける。 We often lose.
  • リレー で まけた。 We lost the relay.
  • つぎ は まけない よ。 We won't lose next time.
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Sports Day

Intermediate Level 1 · まける · まけた

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Verbs like this one

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