Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI fill | ||
| NegativeI don’t fill |
JAPANESE VERB
ためる
溜める
to fill, to save up
- #334 most used
- Ichidan verb (ru-verb)
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI filled | ||
| NegativeI didn’t fill |
Te-form
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formfilling, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am filling | ||
| Please (て ください)please fill |
Potential
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can fill | ||
| NegativeI can’t fill |
Want to
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to fill | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to fill |
Volitional
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s fill |
Conditional
条件形 · “if” and “when”
- If (ば) if I fill
- If, when (たら) if I fill
Commands and requests
命令形 · from gentle to blunt
- Do it (なさい) fill (do it)
- Plain command fill!
- Please don’t please don’t fill
Passive and causative
受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| PassiveI am filled | ||
| CausativeI make someone fill |
How to use ためる
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present and future
かいもの の ポイント を ためます か。
Do you collect shopping points?
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Past
おふろ に おゆ を ためた よ。
I've filled the bath with hot water.
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Te-form
ベン は りょこう の ため に おかね を ためて いる。
Ben is saving money for a trip.
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Potential
やちん が たかくて、 なかなか ためられません。
The rent is high and I can hardly save anything.
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Want to
らいねん まで に ごじゅうまんえん ためたい。
I want to save five hundred thousand yen by next year.
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Volitional
まいにち せんえん ずつ ためよう か。
Shall we put by a thousand yen a day?
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Conditional
みず を ためれば、 ていでん の とき も あんしん だ。
If you keep water stored, you're fine in a power cut too.
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Commands and requests
ストレス を ためないで、 はやめ に やすみなさい。
Don't let stress build up, rest early.
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Passive and causative
むすめ に おこづかい を ためさせて います。
I'm having my daughter save up her pocket money.
Good to know
- ためる is to let something build up or to put it by: みず を ためる, おかね を ためる, ストレス を ためる.
Where you hear ためる
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Japanese · Intermediate Level 2
- たいふう の まえ は、 おふろ に みず を ためる。 Before a typhoon, I fill the bath with water.
- けさ、 おふろ に みず を ためた。 This morning I filled the bath with water.
- こんばん、 おふろ に みず を ためて おく。 Tonight I'll fill the bath with water, to be ready.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: ichidan verb (ru-verb).