Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI treasure | ||
| NegativeI don’t treasure |
JAPANESE VERB
大切 に する
to treasure, to take good care of
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI treasure | ||
| NegativeI don’t treasure |
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI treasured | ||
| NegativeI didn’t treasure |
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formtreasuring, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am treasuring | ||
| Please (て ください)please treasure |
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can treasure | ||
| NegativeI can’t treasure |
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to treasure | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to treasure |
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s treasure |
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 treasured | ||
| CausativeI make someone treasure |
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
わたし は ふるい ともだち を たいせつ に します。
I treasure my old friends.
そふ は この とけい を たいせつ に した。
My grandfather treasured this watch.
ベン さん から もらった てがみ を たいせつ に して います。
I treasure the letter Ben gave me.
いそがしくて、 かぞく を たいせつ に できない。
I'm so busy I can't look after my family properly.
この きもち を たいせつ に したい です。
I want to treasure this feeling.
じかん を もっと たいせつ に しよう。
Let's value our time more.
もの を たいせつ に すれば、 ながく つかえます。
If you look after things, they last a long time.
からだ を たいせつ に しなさい。
Take good care of yourself.
いい どうぐ は ながく たいせつ に されます。
Good tools are treasured for a long time.
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
The same pattern, on other verbs: する verb.