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JAPANESE VERB

もうしこむ

申し込む

to apply, to make a formal request

  • #480 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 apply
NegativeI don’t apply

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI applied
NegativeI didn’t apply

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formapplying, and…
Doing now (て います)I am applying
Please (て ください)please apply

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can apply
NegativeI can’t apply

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s apply

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am applied
CausativeI make someone apply

How to use もうしこむ

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

  1. Present and future

    らいしゅう、 にほんご の しけん に もうしこみます。

    Next week I'm applying for the Japanese exam.

  2. Past

    ベン は マラソン に もうしこんだ。

    Ben signed up for the marathon.

  3. Te-form

    けっこんしきじょう に もう もうしこんで ある。

    We've already booked the wedding venue.

  4. Potential

    インターネット で もうしこめます か？

    Can I apply online?

  5. Want to

    りょうり きょうしつ に もうしこみたい ん です が。

    I'd like to sign up for the cooking class.

  6. Volitional

    いっしょ に ツアー に もうしこもう。

    Let's sign up for the tour together.

  7. Conditional

    きょう もうしこめば、 まだ まにあう よ。

    If you apply today, you can still make it.

  8. Commands and requests

    しめきり を すぎて から もうしこまないで ください。

    Please don't apply after the deadline.

  9. Passive and causative

    ゆい は けんた に けっこん を もうしこまれた。

    Yui was proposed to by Kenta.

Good to know

  • けっこん を もうしこむ is to propose, formally.

Where you hear もうしこむ

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

Japanese · Intermediate Level 1

  • まいとし、 にほんご の しけん に もうしこむ。 Every year, I apply to take a Japanese exam.
  • きのう、 りょうり の クラス に もうしこんだ。 Yesterday I signed up for a cooking class.
  • らいしゅう、 この コース に もうしこもう と おもって いる。 I'm thinking of applying for this course next week.
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A Word with Her Father

Intermediate Level 1 · けっこん を もうしこもう と おもって います · けっこん を もうしこむ · もうしこもう

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