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JAPANESE VERB

のせる

乗せる

to put on top, to give a lift

  • #462 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 put on top
NegativeI don’t put on top

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI put on top
NegativeI didn’t put on top

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formputting on top, and…
Doing now (て います)I am putting on top
Please (て ください)please put on top

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can put on top
NegativeI can’t put on top

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to put on top
NegativeI don’t want to put on top

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s put on top

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I put on top
  2. If, when (たら) if I put on top

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am put on top
CausativeI make someone put on top

How to use のせる

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

  1. Present and future

    ごはん の うえ に たまご を のせます。

    I put an egg on top of the rice.

  2. Past

    あめ だった ので、 ともだち を えき まで のせた。

    It was raining, so I gave a friend a lift to the station.

  3. Te-form

    にもつ は たな の うえ に のせて ください。

    Please put your bags on the rack.

  4. Potential

    この くるま に は ごにん のせられます。

    This car can take five people.

  5. Want to

    ピザ に チーズ を もっと のせたい。

    I want to put more cheese on the pizza.

  6. Volitional

    おばあちゃん も くるま に のせよう。

    Let's give Grandma a ride too.

  7. Conditional

    ネット に のせれば、 すぐ ひろがります よ。

    If you put it online, it spreads right away.

  8. Commands and requests

    ぬれた かさ を いす に のせないで ください。

    Please don't put a wet umbrella on the chair.

  9. Passive and causative

    わたし の しゃしん が ざっし に のせられた。

    My photo was put in a magazine.

Good to know

  • のせる is for the people and things you put on or in something, くるま に のせる, ごはん に のせる; のる is for the one who gets on.
  • 乗せる is written for people and vehicles and 載せる for things laid on top or put in print; both are said のせる.

Verbs like this one

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