Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI guess | ||
| NegativeI don’t guess |
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI guess | ||
| NegativeI don’t guess |
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI guessed | ||
| NegativeI didn’t guess |
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formguessing, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am guessing | ||
| Please (て ください)please guess |
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can guess | ||
| NegativeI can’t guess |
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to guess | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to guess |
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s guess |
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 guessed | ||
| CausativeI make someone guess |
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
けいけん から、 げんいん を すいそく します。
From experience, I guess at the cause.
こえ で、 でんわ の あいて を すいそく した。
I guessed who was on the phone from the voice.
みんな、 かのじょ の ねんれい を すいそく して いる。
Everyone is guessing her age.
この しりょう だけ で は、 すいそく できません。
From these materials alone, we can't guess.
けっか を すいそく したく ない ので、 データ を まちます。
I don't want to guess at the result, so I'll wait for the data.
こたえ を みる まえ に、 みんな で すいそく しよう。
Before looking at the answer, let's all guess.
じょうきょう から すいそく すれば、 はんにん は ひとり です。
Judging from the situation, there's one culprit.
すいそく しないで、 ほんにん に かくにん しなさい。
Don't guess, check with the person himself.
かのじょ の ねんれい は、 さんじゅう だい と すいそく されて いる。
Her age is reckoned to be in her thirties.
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
The same pattern, on other verbs: する verb.