JAPANESE VERB

たずねる

訪ねる

to visit, to ask

Conjugation

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Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI visit
NegativeI don’t visit

finished actions

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI visited
NegativeI didn’t visit

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

可能形 · “can”

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI can visit
NegativeI can’t visit

たい形 · “want to”

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI want to visit
NegativeI don’t want to visit

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form	Polite	Plain
Let’slet’s visit

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 visited
CausativeI make someone visit

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

Present and future

らいしゅうきょうとのおばを たずねます。

Next week I'm visiting my aunt in Kyoto.
Past

えきでけいさつのひとにみちを たずねた。

I asked a police officer the way at the station.
Te-form

こまったら、えきいんに たずねて ください。

If you're stuck, please ask a station attendant.
Potential

やすみのひなら、せんせいを たずねられます。

On a day off, I can visit my teacher.
Want to

いつかせんせいのふるさとを たずねたい。

Someday I want to visit my teacher's hometown.
Volitional

こんどいっしょにおじいちゃんを たずねよう。

Let's go and visit Grandpa together sometime.
Conditional

うけつけで たずねれば、おしえてくれますよ。

If you ask at the reception, they'll tell you.
Commands and requests

わからないことは、じぶんで たずねなさい。

Ask about what you don't understand yourself.
Passive and causative

がいこくじんにえいごでみちをたずねられた。

A foreigner asked me the way in English.

Visiting is written 訪ねる and asking 尋ねる, both said たずねる.
For asking, たずねる is a little polite and formal; between friends, きく is the everyday word.

The same pattern, on other verbs: ichidan verb (ru-verb).