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JAPANESE VERB

そだてる

育てる

to raise, to bring up

  • #167 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 raise
NegativeI don’t raise

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI raised
NegativeI didn’t raise

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formraising, and…
Doing now (て います)I am raising
Please (て ください)please raise

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can raise
NegativeI can’t raise

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to raise
NegativeI don’t want to raise

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s raise

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I raise
  2. If, when (たら) if I raise

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am raised
CausativeI make someone raise

How to use そだてる

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

  1. Present and future

    さとう さん は にわ で やさい を そだてます。

    Mrs. Sato grows vegetables in her garden.

  2. Past

    はは は ひとり で さんにん の こども を そだてた。

    My mother raised three children on her own.

  3. Te-form

    こども は ほめて そだてて ください。

    Please raise children with praise.

  4. Potential

    この マンション で は、 はな が そだてられます か。

    Can you grow flowers in this apartment building?

  5. Want to

    こども を しぜん の なか で そだてたい。

    I want to raise my children in nature.

  6. Volitional

    ベランダ で ハーブ を そだてよう。

    Let's grow herbs on the balcony.

  7. Conditional

    あい を もって そだてれば、 こども は つよく なる。

    If you raise them with love, children grow strong.

  8. Commands and requests

    じぶん の こ は じぶん で そだてなさい。

    Raise your own child yourself.

  9. Passive and causative

    ぼく は そぼ に そだてられました。

    I was brought up by my grandmother.

Good to know

  • そだてる is to raise someone or something; そだつ is to grow up by itself: こども が そだつ.

Where you hear そだてる

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Japanese · Intermediate Level 2

  • こども を そだてる の は たいへん です。 Raising children is hard work.
  • ゆい と そうた を この いえ で そだてた。 I raised Yui and Sota in this house.
  • ベン さん が あたらしい せんせい を そだてます。 Ben will train the new teachers.
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Intermediate Level 2 · そだてて

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Intermediate Level 2 · そだてる · そだてて くれて

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Verbs like this one

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