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JAPANESE VERB

もつ

持つ

to have with you

  • #19 most used
  • Godan verb (u-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI have with you
NegativeI don’t have with you

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI had with you
NegativeI didn’t have with you

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formhaving with you, and…
Doing now (て います)I am having with you
Please (て ください)please have with you

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can have with you
NegativeI can’t have with you

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to have with you
NegativeI don’t want to have with you

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s have with you

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I have with you
  2. If, when (たら) if I have with you

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am had with you
CausativeI make someone have with you

How to use もつ

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

  1. Present and future

    いつも かさ を もちます。

    I always carry an umbrella.

  2. Past

    ベン の にもつ を もった。

    I carried Ben's luggage.

  3. Te-form

    いま、 おかね を もって います か？

    Do you have money on you right now?

  4. Potential

    ひとり で ぜんぶ もてます か？

    Can you carry it all by yourself?

  5. Want to

    じぶん の みせ を もちたい です。

    I want to have my own shop.

  6. Volitional

    おもい でしょう。 ぼく が もとう。

    That must be heavy. Let me carry it.

  7. Conditional

    かさ を もてば、 あめ は ふりません。

    If you bring an umbrella, it won't rain.

  8. Commands and requests

    じぶん の かばん は じぶん で もちなさい。

    Carry your own bag yourself.

  9. Passive and causative

    けんた に おもい にもつ を もたせました。

    I had Kenta carry the heavy luggage.

Good to know

  • もって います is "I have it on me", and also "I own one"; もって いく and もって くる are to take and bring something.

Where you hear もつ

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

Japanese · Beginner Level 2

  • いつも かさ を もって います。 I always have an umbrella with me.
  • きのう は かさ を もって いませんでした。 I didn't have an umbrella yesterday.
  • あした は かさ を もって いきます。 Tomorrow I'll take an umbrella.

Japanese · Beginner Level 3

  • かいもの の とき は、 いつも わたし が にもつ を もちます。 When we go shopping, I always carry the bags.
  • ベン さん の かばん を もちました。 I carried Ben's bag.
  • その にもつ は わたし が もちます。 I'll carry that luggage.
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An Umbrella to Borrow

Beginner Level 2 · もって います · もって いません

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Skiing

Beginner Level 3 · もった

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Haru's Farewell

Beginner Level 3 · もちました

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Results Day

Beginner Level 3 · もちました

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Mrs. Sato's Back

Intermediate Level 1 · もたないで

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A Favour

Intermediate Level 1 · おもちしましょう か？

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A Difficult Guest

Intermediate Level 1 · おもち します · おもち しました

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New Year's Eve

Intermediate Level 1 · もとう · それ、 もとう か？

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A Secret Mission

Intermediate Level 1 · もって た

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The N3 Exam

Intermediate Level 2 · もった

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Obon

Intermediate Level 2 · もたずに

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The Rehearsal

Intermediate Level 2 · もつ

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).