Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI meet | ||
| NegativeI don’t meet |
JAPANESE VERB
お目 に かかる
to meet, humbly
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI meet | ||
| NegativeI don’t meet |
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI met | ||
| NegativeI didn’t meet |
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formmeeting, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am meeting | ||
| Please (て ください)please meet |
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can meet | ||
| NegativeI can’t meet |
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to meet | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to meet |
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s meet |
条件形 · “if” and “when”
命令形 · from gentle to blunt
受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| PassiveI am met | ||
| CausativeI make someone meet |
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
はじめて おめ に かかります。 たなか と もうします。
How do you do. My name is Tanaka.
きのう、 しゃちょう の おくさま に おめ に かかりました。
Yesterday I met the president's wife.
せんせい に おめ に かかって、 ごあいさつ したい です。
I'd like to meet the professor and pay my respects.
おめ に かかれて、 ほんとう に うれしい です。
I'm truly glad to have met you.
いちど、 おめ に かかりたい と おもって おりました。
I've been hoping to meet you.
しゃちょう に おめ に かかろう と、 さんかい も たずねました。
Hoping to meet the president, I called three times.
きょうじゅ に おめ に かかったら、 よろしく おつたえ ください。
If you see the professor, please give him my regards.
あした、 おきゃくさま に ちゃんと おめ に かかりなさい。
Tomorrow, be sure to meet the client properly.
むすこ に も、 せんせい に おめ に かからせたい。
I want my son to meet the teacher too.
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).