Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI ask | ||
| NegativeI don’t ask |
JAPANESE VERB
お願い いたす
to ask, 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 ask | ||
| NegativeI don’t ask |
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI asked | ||
| NegativeI didn’t ask |
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formasking, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am asking | ||
| Please (て ください)please ask |
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can ask | ||
| NegativeI can’t ask |
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to ask | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to ask |
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s ask |
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 asked | ||
| CausativeI make someone ask |
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
こちら に おなまえ を おねがい いたします。
Your name here, please.
せんじつ、 おでんわ で おねがい いたしました。
I made the request by phone the other day.
みなさま の ごきょうりょく を おねがい いたして おります。
We ask for everyone's cooperation.
これ いじょう は おねがい いたせません。
I can't ask any more of you than this.
ひとつ おねがい いたしたい こと が ございます。
There is one thing I'd like to ask of you.
では、 さとう さま に おねがい いたしましょう。
Then let's ask Mrs. Sato.
どなた に おねがい いたせば よろしい でしょう か?
Whom should I ask?
むり な こと は おねがい いたさないで ください。
Please don't ask for the impossible.
かいしゃ から、 おきゃくさま に おねがい いたされました。
The company humbly made the request to the customer.
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).