Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI pile up | ||
| NegativeI don’t pile up |
JAPANESE VERB
溜まる
to pile up
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI pile up | ||
| NegativeI don’t pile up |
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI piled up | ||
| NegativeI didn’t pile up |
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formpiling up, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am piling up | ||
| Please (て ください)please pile up |
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can pile up | ||
| NegativeI can’t pile up |
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to pile up | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to pile up |
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s pile up |
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 piled up | ||
| CausativeI make someone pile up |
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
やすみ の あと は、 メール が たまります。
After a holiday, emails pile up.
こんしゅう は せんたくもの が たまった。
This week the laundry piled up.
さいきん、 ストレス が たまって いる。
Lately stress has been building up.
ちょきん は、 ひとつき に いくら たまれる だろう。
How much could the savings build up in a month?
しごと は たまりたくて たまる わけ では ない。
Work doesn't pile up because it wants to.
ちょきん が たまろう と たまるまい と、 き に しない。
Whether the savings build up or not, I don't mind.
ポイント が たまれば、 ただ で のめます。
When the points add up, you drink for free.
おかね よ、 はやく たまりなさい、 と まいにち おもう。
"Money, pile up quickly," I think every day.
しゅくだい を たまらせて は いけません よ。
Don't let the homework pile up.
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).