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JAPANESE VERB

まとめる

to put together, to sum up

  • #330 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 put together
NegativeI don’t put together

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI put together
NegativeI didn’t put together

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formputting together, and…
Doing now (て います)I am putting together
Please (て ください)please put together

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can put together
NegativeI can’t put together

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to put together
NegativeI don’t want to put together

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s put together

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am put together
CausativeI make someone put together

How to use まとめる

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

  1. Present and future

    かいぎ の あと、 いけん を まとめます。

    After the meeting, I'll put the opinions together.

  2. Past

    ゆうべ ノート を きれい に まとめた。

    Last night I tidied my notes into a summary.

  3. Te-form

    にもつ を ひとつ に まとめて ください。

    Please put your luggage together in one bag.

  4. Potential

    みじかく まとめられる ひと は、 せつめい が じょうず だ。

    People who can sum things up briefly are good at explaining.

  5. Want to

    しりょう を いちまい に まとめたい。

    I want to fit the material onto one page.

  6. Volitional

    ごみ は ひとつ の ふくろ に まとめよう。

    Let's put the rubbish together in one bag.

  7. Conditional

    かみ を うしろ で まとめれば、 すずしい よ。

    If you tie your hair back, it's cooler.

  8. Commands and requests

    いう こと を さんてん に まとめなさい。

    Sum up what you want to say in three points.

  9. Passive and causative

    わたし の いけん は ひとこと で まとめられた。

    My opinion was summed up in a single word.

Good to know

  • まとめる is to gather things into one: notes into a summary, luggage into one bag, hair into a bun; まとまる is for what comes together by itself.

Verbs like this one

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