Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI worry | ||
| NegativeI don’t worry |
Conjugation
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Past
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI worried | ||
| NegativeI didn’t worry |
Te-form
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formworrying, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am worrying | ||
| Please (て ください)please worry |
Potential
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can worry | ||
| NegativeI can’t worry |
Want to
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to worry | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to worry |
Volitional
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s worry |
Conditional
条件形 · “if” and “when”
- If (ば) if I worry
- If, when (たら) if I worry
Commands and requests
命令形 · from gentle to blunt
- Do it (なさい) worry (do it)
- Plain command worry!
- Please don’t please don’t worry
Passive and causative
受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| PassiveI am worried | ||
| CausativeI make someone worry |
How to use しんぱい する
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present and future
はは は いつも わたし の こと を しんぱい します。
My mother always worries about me.
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Past
れんらく が なくて、 しんぱい した よ。
I didn't hear from you and I was worried.
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Te-form
けんた の からだ を しんぱい して います。
I'm worried about Kenta's health.
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Potential
ひと の こと まで しんぱい できません。
I can't worry about other people as well.
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Want to
しんぱい したくない けど、 して しまう。
I don't want to worry, but I do.
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Volitional
しんぱい する の は やめよう。
Let's stop worrying.
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Conditional
しんぱい すれば、 ねむれなく なる よ。
If you worry, you won't be able to sleep.
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Commands and requests
だいじょうぶ、 しんぱい しないで ください。
It's fine, please don't worry.
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Passive and causative
はは を しんぱい させたくない。
I don't want to make my mother worry.
Good to know
- しんぱい しないで ください is "please don't worry"; しんぱい is also the noun: しんぱい です, "I'm worried".
Where you hear しんぱい する
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Japanese · Beginner Level 2
- まご が びょうき の とき は しんぱい します。 I worry when my grandson is ill.
- でんわ が なかった ので、 しんぱい しました。 I was worried because there was no phone call.
- これから は そんな に しんぱい しません。 From now on, I won't worry so much.
Japanese · Intermediate Level 1
- ばあちゃん は いつも やど の こと を しんぱい する。 Grandma always worries about the inn.
- きのう は ほんとう に しんぱい した。 Yesterday I was really worried.
- あした は しんぱい しなくて も いい よ。 You don't have to worry tomorrow.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: する verb.