Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI slip | ||
| NegativeI don’t slip |
JAPANESE VERB
滑る
to slip, to ski
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI slip | ||
| NegativeI don’t slip |
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI slipped | ||
| NegativeI didn’t slip |
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formslipping, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am slipping | ||
| Please (て ください)please slip |
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can slip | ||
| NegativeI can’t slip |
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to slip | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to slip |
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s slip |
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 slipped | ||
| CausativeI make someone slip |
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
ゆき の ひ は みち が すべります。
On snowy days the roads are slippery.
けさ えき の かいだん で すべった。
This morning I slipped on the station stairs.
ベン さん は いま やま で すべって います。
Ben is skiing on the mountain right now.
ぼく は まだ はやく すべれない。
I can't ski fast yet.
こんど の ふゆ、 ほっかいどう で すべりたい です。
Next winter I want to ski in Hokkaido.
あした、 みんな で いっしょに すべろう。
Tomorrow let's all ski together.
ここ で すべったら、 あぶない です よ。
If you slip here, it's dangerous.
この さか は あぶない から、 すべらないで ください。
This slope is dangerous, so please don't slip.
さとう さん は こども を ゲレンデ で すべらせました。
Mrs. Sato let the children ski on the slope.
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).