Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI lose weight | ||
| NegativeI don’t lose weight |
Conjugation
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Past
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI lost weight | ||
| NegativeI didn’t lose weight |
Te-form
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formlosing weight, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am losing weight | ||
| Please (て ください)please lose weight |
Potential
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can lose weight | ||
| NegativeI can’t lose weight |
Want to
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to lose weight | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to lose weight |
Volitional
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s lose weight |
Conditional
条件形 · “if” and “when”
- If (ば) if I lose weight
- If, when (たら) if I lose weight
Commands and requests
命令形 · from gentle to blunt
- Do it (なさい) lose weight (do it)
- Plain command lose weight!
- Please don’t please don’t lose weight
Passive and causative
受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| PassiveI am lost weight | ||
| CausativeI make someone lose weight |
How to use やせる
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present and future
なつ は しょくよく が なくて、 やせます。
In summer I have no appetite and lose weight.
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Past
びょうき で ごキロ やせた。
I lost five kilos from being ill.
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Te-form
あの ひと は ずいぶん やせて いる ね。
That person is awfully thin, isn't he.
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Potential
あるく だけ では なかなか やせられない。
Just walking, you can hardly lose weight.
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Want to
なつ まで に さんキロ やせたい。
I want to lose three kilos by summer.
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Volitional
けっこんしき まで に いっしょ に やせよう。
Let's lose weight together before the wedding.
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Conditional
やせれば、 ひざ の いたみ も へります。
If you lose weight, your knee pain will ease too.
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Commands and requests
ちょっと やせなさい と いしゃ に いわれた。
The doctor told me to lose a little weight.
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Passive and causative
しあい の まえ、 コーチ は せんしゅ を やせさせた。
Before the match, the coach made the athletes lose weight.
Good to know
- やせて います, "I'm thin", uses the て form, like ふとって います.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: ichidan verb (ru-verb).