Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI prepare | ||
| NegativeI don’t prepare |
JAPANESE VERB
用意する
to prepare
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now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI prepare | ||
| NegativeI don’t prepare |
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI prepared | ||
| NegativeI didn’t prepare |
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formpreparing, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am preparing | ||
| Please (て ください)please prepare |
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can prepare | ||
| NegativeI can’t prepare |
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to prepare | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to prepare |
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s prepare |
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 prepared | ||
| CausativeI make someone prepare |
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
まいあさ、 おっと の おべんとう を よういします。
Every morning I prepare my husband's lunch box.
おきゃくさん の ため に ふとん を よういした。
I got a futon ready for the guest.
パスポート を よういして おいて ください。
Please have your passport ready.
あした まで に しょるい を よういできます か。
Can you have the papers ready by tomorrow?
みんな の ぶん の おみやげ を よういしたい。
I want to prepare souvenirs for everyone.
あめ が ふりそう だ から、 かさ を よういしよう。
It looks like rain, so let's get umbrellas ready.
まえ の ひ に よういすれば、 あさ が らく だ よ。
If you prepare the day before, the morning is easy.
あした の ふく を よういしなさい。
Get tomorrow's clothes ready.
かいじょう に は、 のみもの が よういされて いた。
Drinks had been laid out at the venue.
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
The same pattern, on other verbs: する verb.