JAPANESE VERB

まつ

待つ

to wait

Conjugation

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Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI wait
NegativeI don’t wait

finished actions

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI waited
NegativeI didn’t wait

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

可能形 · “can”

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI can wait
NegativeI can’t wait

たい形 · “want to”

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

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form	Polite	Plain
Let’slet’s wait

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 waited
CausativeI make someone wait

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

Present and future

バスを まちます か、あるきますか。

Shall we wait for the bus or walk?
Past

あめのなかでにじゅっぷん まちました。

I waited twenty minutes in the rain.
Te-form

すみません、ここですこし まって ください。

Excuse me, please wait here a moment.
Potential

ごじまでなら まてます。

I can wait until five.
Want to

けっかをまちたくありません。

I don't want to wait for the results.
Volitional

みせがあくまで、ここで まとう。

Let's wait here until the shop opens.
Conditional

じゅっぷん まてば、つぎのでんしゃがきます。

If you wait ten minutes, the next train comes.
Commands and requests

はしらないで、ここで まちなさい。

Don't run, wait here.
Passive and causative

おきゃくさんをさんじゅっぷんもまたせてしまいました。

I kept the customer waiting a whole thirty minutes.