Ichidan verb
兼ねるかねる
kaneru兼ねる (かねる, kaneru) — to serve two purposes — is an ichidan verb: かねて (te-form), かねた (past), かねない (negative), かねます (polite).
It is usually written in kana: かねる rather than 兼ねる. It also means to combine with; to double as.
How かねる conjugates · ichidan verb
Drop the る, then add the ending.
Nothing else moves: every ending attaches straight to the stem かね. That is what makes ichidan the easy class.
かねる
dropsstem + ending
かねないかねないnegative · It doesn't double as anything else.
かねますかねますpolite present
かねてかねてte-form · It serves two purposes and …
かねたかねたpast · It also served as something else.
かねられるかねられるpotential · It can double as something else.
かねればかねればif
かねようかねようvolitional
No sound changes and no vowel rows. The catch is telling ichidan from godan: plenty of godan verbs end in る too.
N1 N tags give the JLPT level at which the game starts quizzing a form.
Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | かねる 兼ねる kaneru | |
| past It also served as something else. | かねた 兼ねた kaneta | |
| negative It doesn't double as anything else. | かねない 兼ねない kanenai | |
| te-form It serves two purposes and … | かねて 兼ねて kanete | |
| past negative | かねなかった 兼ねなかった kanenakatta | |
| volitional | かねよう 兼ねよう kaneyou | |
| potential It can double as something else. | かねられる 兼ねられる kanerareru | |
| cond. ば | かねれば 兼ねれば kanereba | |
| cond. たら | かねたら 兼ねたら kanetara | |
| passive | かねられる 兼ねられる kanerareru | |
| causative | かねさせる 兼ねさせる kanesaseru | |
| imperative N1 | かねろ 兼ねろ kanero |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | かねます 兼ねます kanemasu | |
| past It also served as something else. | かねました 兼ねました kanemashita | |
| negative It doesn't double as anything else. | かねません 兼ねません kanemasen | |
| past negative | かねませんでした 兼ねませんでした kanemasendeshita | |
| volitional | かねましょう 兼ねましょう kanemashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている It doubles as something else. | かねている 兼ねている kaneteiru | |
| ていた It was also serving as something else. | かねていた 兼ねていた kaneteita | |
| ています It doubles as something else. | かねています 兼ねています kaneteimasu | |
| ていました It was also serving as something else. | かねていました 兼ねていました kaneteimashita |