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JAPANESE VERB

もちあげる

持ち上げる

to lift up

  • #463 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 lift up
NegativeI don’t lift up

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI lifted up
NegativeI didn’t lift up

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formlifting up, and…
Doing now (て います)I am lifting up
Please (て ください)please lift up

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can lift up
NegativeI can’t lift up

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to lift up
NegativeI don’t want to lift up

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s lift up

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am lifted up
CausativeI make someone lift up

How to use もちあげる

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

  1. Present and future

    ちち は まだ おもい はこ を もちあげます。

    My father still lifts heavy boxes.

  2. Past

    ひとり で この ソファ を もちあげた の？

    You lifted this sofa by yourself?

  3. Te-form

    こども を かた まで もちあげて あげた。

    I lifted the kid up onto my shoulders.

  4. Potential

    こし が いたくて、 スーツケース が もちあげられない。

    My back hurts and I can't lift the suitcase.

  5. Want to

    ジム で ひゃくキロ を もちあげたい。

    I want to lift a hundred kilos at the gym.

  6. Volitional

    ふたり で いっしょ に もちあげよう。

    Let's lift it together, the two of us.

  7. Conditional

    ここ を もちあげれば、 ふた が とれる。

    If you lift here, the lid comes off.

  8. Commands and requests

    ひとり で もちあげないで ください。 こし を いためます。

    Please don't lift it alone. You'll hurt your back.

  9. Passive and causative

    こども の ころ、 ちち に よく もちあげられた。

    When I was little, my father often lifted me up.

Where you hear もちあげる

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

Japanese · Intermediate Level 1

  • ばあちゃん は まいあさ ふとん を もちあげる。 Grandma lifts the futons every morning.
  • けさ、 ばあちゃん が おもい ふとん を もちあげた。 This morning, Grandma lifted the heavy futons.
  • あした は ぼく が ふとん を もちあげる。 Tomorrow I'll lift the futons.
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Mrs. Sato's Back

Intermediate Level 1 · もちあげた

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Verbs like this one

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