Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI make a wish | ||
| NegativeI don’t make a wish |
JAPANESE VERB
お願い を する
to make a wish
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI make a wish | ||
| NegativeI don’t make a wish |
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI made a wish | ||
| NegativeI didn’t make a wish |
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formmaking a wish, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am making a wish | ||
| Please (て ください)please make a wish |
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can make a wish | ||
| NegativeI can’t make a wish |
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to make a wish | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to make a wish |
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s make a wish |
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 made a wish | ||
| CausativeI make someone make a wish |
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
じんじゃ で て を あわせて、 おねがい を します。
At the shrine I put my hands together and make a wish.
ことし も おなじ おねがい を した。
This year I made the same wish again.
ほし に おねがい を して います。
I'm making a wish on a star.
ここ で も おねがい を できる?
Can you make a wish here too?
たなばた に おねがい を したい です。
I want to make a wish at Tanabata.
かね を ならして、 おねがい を しよう。
Let's ring the bell and make a wish.
おねがい を すれば、 かなう かも しれません。
If you make a wish, it might come true.
め を とじて、 おねがい を しなさい。
Close your eyes and make a wish.
ともだち に おおきな おねがい を されました。
A friend asked a big favour of me.
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
The same pattern, on other verbs: する verb.