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Conjugation of Japanese verb 選ぶ - choose - erabu

godan verb

    Variant

    Stem

    Conjugation

    Reading

    えら
    era

    Meaning

    choose

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    選ぶ

    Reading

    えらぶ
    erabu

    Meaning

    to choose / does choose / will choose

    Variant

    Negative

    Conjugation

    選ばない

    Reading

    えらばない
    erabanai

    Meaning

    to not choose / does not choose / will not choose

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    選びます

    Reading

    えらびます
    erabimasu

    Meaning

    to choose / does choose / will choose

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    選びません

    Reading

    えらびません
    erabimasen

    Meaning

    to not choose / does not choose / will not choose

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    選んだ

    Reading

    えらんだ
    eranda

    Meaning

    did choose

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    選ばなかった

    Reading

    えらばなかった
    erabanakatta

    Meaning

    did not choose

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    選びました

    Reading

    えらびました
    erabimashita

    Meaning

    did choose

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    選びませんでした

    Reading

    えらびませんでした
    erabimasendeshita

    Meaning

    did not choose

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    選んで

    Reading

    えらんで
    erande

    Meaning

    choose, and...

    Variant

    Negative I

    Conjugation

    選ばないで

    Reading

    えらばないで
    erabanaide

    Meaning

    not choose, and...

    Variant

    Negative II

    Conjugation

    選ばなくて

    Reading

    えらばなくて
    erabanakute

    Meaning

    not choose, and...

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    選びまして

    Reading

    えらびまして
    erabimashite

    Meaning

    choose, and...

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    選びませんで

    Reading

    えらびませんで
    erabimasende

    Meaning

    not choose, and...

    Variant

    Abrupt

    Conjugation

    選べ

    Reading

    えらべ
    erabe

    Meaning

    choose!

    Variant

    Abrupt Negative

    Conjugation

    選ぶな

    Reading

    えらぶな
    erabuna

    Meaning

    do not choose!

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    選びなさい

    Reading

    えらびなさい
    erabinasai

    Meaning

    choose!

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    選びなさるな

    Reading

    えらびなさるな
    erabinasaruna

    Meaning

    do not choose!

    Variant

    Polite I

    Conjugation

    選んでください

    Reading

    えらんでください
    erandekudasai

    Meaning

    please choose

    Variant

    Polite II

    Conjugation

    お選びください

    Reading

    おえらびください
    oerabikudasai

    Meaning

    kindly choose

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    選ばないでください

    Reading

    えらばないでください
    erabanaidekudasai

    Meaning

    please do not choose

    Variant

    Honorific

    Conjugation

    お選びなさいませ

    Reading

    おえらびなさいませ
    oerabinasaimase

    Meaning

    please choose

    Variant

    Honorific Negative

    Conjugation

    お選びなさいますな

    Reading

    おえらびなさいますな
    oerabinasaimasuna

    Meaning

    please do not choose

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    選んでいる

    Reading

    えらんでいる
    erandeiru

    Meaning

    is doing choose / is choose(ing)

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    選んでいます

    Reading

    えらんでいます
    erandeimasu

    Meaning

    is doing choose / is choose(ing)

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    選んでいません

    Reading

    えらんでいません
    erandeimasen

    Meaning

    is not doing choose / is not choose(ing)

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    選んでいた

    Reading

    えらんでいた
    erandeita

    Meaning

    was doing choose / was choose(ing)

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    選んでいました

    Reading

    えらんでいました
    erandeimashita

    Meaning

    was doing choose / was choose(ing)

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    選んでいませんでした

    Reading

    えらんでいませんでした
    erandeimasendeshita

    Meaning

    was not doing choose / was not choose(ing)

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    選ぼう

    Reading

    えらぼう
    erabou

    Meaning

    let's choose / will choose

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    選ぶまい

    Reading

    えらぶまい
    erabumai

    Meaning

    let's not choose / will not choose

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    選びましょう

    Reading

    えらびましょう
    erabimashou

    Meaning

    let's choose / will choose

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    選びますまい

    Reading

    えらびますまい
    erabimasumai

    Meaning

    let's not choose / will not choose

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    選ぶだろう

    Reading

    えらぶだろう
    erabudarou

    Meaning

    will probably choose

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    選ばないだろう

    Reading

    えらばないだろう
    erabanaidarou

    Meaning

    will probably not choose

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    選ぶでしょう

    Reading

    えらぶでしょう
    erabudeshou

    Meaning

    will probably choose

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    選ばないでしょう

    Reading

    えらばないでしょう
    erabanaideshou

    Meaning

    will probably not choose

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    選んだだろう

    Reading

    えらんだだろう
    erandadarou

    Meaning

    probably did choose

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    選ばなかっただろう

    Reading

    えらばなかっただろう
    erabanakattadarou

    Meaning

    probably did not choose

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    選んだでしょう

    Reading

    えらんだでしょう
    erandadeshou

    Meaning

    probably did choose

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    選ばなかったでしょう

    Reading

    えらばなかったでしょう
    erabanakattadeshou

    Meaning

    probably did not choose

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    選べば

    Reading

    えらべば
    erabeba

    Meaning

    if (someone) does choose

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    選ばなければ

    Reading

    えらばなければ
    erabanakereba

    Meaning

    if (someone) does not choose

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    選んだら

    Reading

    えらんだら
    erandara

    Meaning

    if/when (someone) did choose

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    選ばなかったら

    Reading

    えらばなかったら
    erabanakattara

    Meaning

    if (someone) did not choose

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    選びましたら

    Reading

    えらびましたら
    erabimashitara

    Meaning

    if/when (someone) did choose

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    選びませんでしたら

    Reading

    えらびませんでしたら
    erabimasendeshitara

    Meaning

    if (someone) did not choose

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    選べる

    Reading

    えらべる
    eraberu

    Meaning

    can choose

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    選べない

    Reading

    えらべない
    erabenai

    Meaning

    cannot choose

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    選べます

    Reading

    えらべます
    erabemasu

    Meaning

    can choose

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    選べません

    Reading

    えらべません
    erabemasen

    Meaning

    cannot choose

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    選ばせる

    Reading

    えらばせる
    erabaseru

    Meaning

    make/let (someone) choose

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    選ばせない

    Reading

    えらばせない
    erabasenai

    Meaning

    do not make/let (someone) choose

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    選ばせます

    Reading

    えらばせます
    erabasemasu

    Meaning

    make/let (someone) choose

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    選ばせません

    Reading

    えらばせません
    erabasemasen

    Meaning

    do not make/let (someone) choose

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    選ばれる

    Reading

    えらばれる
    erabareru

    Meaning

    be choose

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    選ばれない

    Reading

    えらばれない
    erabarenai

    Meaning

    not be choose

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    選ばれます

    Reading

    えらばれます
    erabaremasu

    Meaning

    be choose

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    選ばれません

    Reading

    えらばれません
    erabaremasen

    Meaning

    not be choose

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    選んだり

    Reading

    えらんだり
    erandari

    Meaning

    did things like choose

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    選ばなかったり

    Reading

    えらばなかったり
    erabanakattari

    Meaning

    did not do things like choose

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    選びましたり

    Reading

    えらびましたり
    erabimashitari

    Meaning

    did things like choose

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    選びませんでしたり

    Reading

    えらびませんでしたり
    erabimasendeshitari

    Meaning

    did not do things like choose

    Variant

    Present Indicative

    Conjugation

    選びたい

    Reading

    えらたい
    eratai

    Meaning

    want to choose

    Variant

    Present Negative

    Conjugation

    選びたくない

    Reading

    えらたくない
    eratakunai

    Meaning

    do not want to choose

    Variant

    Past Indicative

    Conjugation

    選びたかった

    Reading

    えらたかった
    eratakatta

    Meaning

    wanted to choose

    Variant

    Past Negative

    Conjugation

    選びたくなかった

    Reading

    えらたくなかった
    eratakunakatta

    Meaning

    did not want to choose

    Variant

    Te-form

    Conjugation

    選びたくて

    Reading

    えらたくて
    eratakute

    Meaning

    want to choose, and...

    Variant

    Negative Te-form

    Conjugation

    選びたくなくて

    Reading

    えらたくなくて
    eratakunakute

    Meaning

    do not want to choose, and...

    Variant

    Adverbial

    Conjugation

    選びたく

    Reading

    えらたく
    erataku

    Meaning

    in a way of wanting to choose

    Variant

    Provisional

    Conjugation

    選びたければ

    Reading

    えらたければ
    eratakereba

    Meaning

    if (someone) wants to choose

    Variant

    Provisional Negative

    Conjugation

    選びたくなければ

    Reading

    えらたくなければ
    eratakunakereba

    Meaning

    if (someone) does not want to choose

    Variant

    Conditional

    Conjugation

    選びたかったら

    Reading

    えらたかったら
    eratakattara

    Meaning

    if (someone) wanted to choose

    Variant

    Conditional Negative

    Conjugation

    選びたくなかったら

    Reading

    えらたくなかったら
    eratakunakattara

    Meaning

    if (someone) did not want to choose

    Variant

    Nominal / Objective

    Conjugation

    選びたさ

    Reading

    えらたさ
    eratasa

    Meaning

    the desire to choose

Word Detail

    word

    選ぶ

    Meaning

    Choose

Kanji in this Verb

  • kanji

    Meaning

    Choose

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