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JAPANESE VERB

とめる

止める

to stop something, to park

  • #314 most used
  • Ichidan verb (ru-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI stop something
NegativeI don’t stop something

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI stopped something
NegativeI didn’t stop something

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formstopping something, and…
Doing now (て います)I am stopping something
Please (て ください)please stop something

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can stop something
NegativeI can’t stop something

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to stop something
NegativeI don’t want to stop something

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s stop something

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I stop something
  2. If, when (たら) if I stop something

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) stop something (do it)
  2. Plain command stop something!
  3. Please don’t please don’t stop something

Passive and causative

受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am stopped something
CausativeI make someone stop something

How to use とめる

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

  1. Present and future

    ここ に くるま を とめます か。

    Are you parking the car here?

  2. Past

    えき の まえ で タクシー を とめた。

    I stopped a taxi in front of the station.

  3. Te-form

    すみません、 おんがく を とめて ください。

    Excuse me, please stop the music.

  4. Potential

    この みち は くるま を とめられません。

    You can't park on this street.

  5. Want to

    ちかく に くるま を とめたい ん です が。

    I'd like to park the car nearby.

  6. Volitional

    つぎ の コンビニ で ちょっと とめよう。

    Let's stop for a moment at the next convenience store.

  7. Conditional

    ここ に とめたら、 ちゅうしゃいはん に なります よ。

    If you park here, you'll get a parking ticket.

  8. Commands and requests

    あぶない！ すぐ くるま を とめなさい。

    Watch out! Stop the car right now.

  9. Passive and causative

    みち の まんなか で くるま を とめられて、 こまった。

    Someone stopped their car in the middle of the road, and it was a pain.

Good to know

  • とめる is to stop something (くるま を とめる); とまる is for what stops by itself (でんしゃ が とまる).
  • Parking a car is also written 停める, and putting someone up for the night 泊める; all are said とめる.

Verbs like this one

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