Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI save | ||
| NegativeI don’t save |
JAPANESE VERB
救う
to save, to rescue
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI save | ||
| NegativeI don’t save |
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI saved | ||
| NegativeI didn’t save |
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formsaving, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am saving | ||
| Please (て ください)please save |
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can save | ||
| NegativeI can’t save |
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to save | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to save |
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s save |
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 saved | ||
| CausativeI make someone save |
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
この くすり は、 まいとし おおく の いのち を すくいます。
This medicine saves many lives every year.
ともだち の ひとこと が、 わたし を すくった。
A word from a friend saved me.
あの ひと は、 おおく の こども を すくって きた。
That man has saved many children over the years.
はやく みつければ、 いのち を すくえます。
If it's found early, a life can be saved.
こまって いる ひと を、 ひとり でも すくいたい。
I want to save even one person in trouble.
みんな で、 この ふるい しょうてんがい を すくおう。
Let's all save this old shopping street.
いま この みせ を すくえば、 まち も げんき に なる。
If we save this shop now, the town will come alive too.
かんがえて いない で、 まず め の まえ の ひと を すくいなさい。
Don't just think, first save the person in front of you.
あの とき、 わたし は いしゃ に すくわれた。
Back then, I was saved by a doctor.
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).