Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI welcome | ||
| NegativeI don’t welcome |
JAPANESE VERB
むかえる
迎える
to welcome, to greet
- #302 most used
- Ichidan verb (ru-verb)
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI welcomed | ||
| NegativeI didn’t welcome |
Te-form
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formwelcoming, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am welcoming | ||
| Please (て ください)please welcome |
Potential
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can welcome | ||
| NegativeI can’t welcome |
Want to
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to welcome | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to welcome |
Volitional
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s welcome |
Conditional
条件形 · “if” and “when”
- If (ば) if I welcome
- If, when (たら) if I welcome
Commands and requests
命令形 · from gentle to blunt
- Do it (なさい) welcome (do it)
- Plain command welcome!
- Please don’t please don’t welcome
Passive and causative
受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| PassiveI am welcomed | ||
| CausativeI make someone welcome |
How to use むかえる
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present and future
まいばん えき で つま を むかえます。
Every evening I meet my wife at the station.
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Past
くうこう で カナダ の りょうしん を むかえた。
I met my parents from Canada at the airport.
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Te-form
さとう さん は えがお で ベン を むかえて くれた。
Mrs. Sato welcomed Ben with a smile.
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Potential
しごと で、 くうこう に むかえられない。
Because of work I can't meet you at the airport.
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Want to
あたらしい いえ で しょうがつ を むかえたい。
I want to see in the New Year in the new house.
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Volitional
みんな で おきゃくさん を むかえよう。
Let's all welcome the guests.
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Conditional
えき まで むかえれば、 おばあさん も あんしん する。
If we meet her at the station, Grandma will feel at ease.
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Commands and requests
おおげさ に むかえないで ください。
Please don't make a big fuss of welcoming me.
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Passive and causative
あたたかい はくしゅ で むかえられた。
I was welcomed with warm applause.
Good to know
- むかえ に いく is to go and pick someone up; しょうがつ を むかえる, to see in the New Year.
Where you hear むかえる
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Japanese · Intermediate Level 1
- いつも げんかん で おきゃくさま を むかえます。 I always greet guests at the entrance.
- きのう、 げんかん で ともだち を むかえた。 Yesterday, I welcomed a friend at the entrance.
- らいねん も、 いっしょに あたらしい とし を むかえたい ね。 I hope we'll welcome the New Year together next year too.
Japanese · Intermediate Level 2
- まいとし、 ごせんぞさま を むかえます。 Every year, we welcome the ancestors.
- えき で かぞく を むかえた。 I met my family at the station.
- あした、 メープル を むかえ に いく。 Tomorrow we'll go and collect Maple.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: ichidan verb (ru-verb).