Ichidan verb
読み上げるよみあげる
yomiageru読み上げる (よみあげる, yomiageru) — to read out — is an ichidan verb: 読み上げて (te-form), 読み上げた (past), 読み上げない (negative), 読み上げます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to read aloud; to call out.
How 読み上げる conjugates · ichidan verb
Drop the る, then add the ending.
Nothing else moves: every ending attaches straight to the stem 読み上げ. That is what makes ichidan the easy class.
読み上げる
dropsstem + ending
読み上げない読み上げないnegative · I don't read it out loud.
読み上げます読み上げますpolite present
読み上げて読み上げてte-form · I read it aloud and …
読み上げた読み上げたpast · I read it out loud.
読み上げられる読み上げられるpotential · I can read it out loud.
読み上げれば読み上げればif · If I read it out loud, ...
読み上げよう読み上げようvolitional · Let's read it out loud.
No sound changes and no vowel rows. The catch is telling ichidan from godan: plenty of godan verbs end in る too.
N5 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 N5 | 読み上げる よみあげる yomiageru | |
| past N5 I read it out loud. | 読み上げた よみあげた yomiageta | |
| negative N5 I don't read it out loud. | 読み上げない よみあげない yomiagenai | |
| te-form N5 I read it aloud and … | 読み上げて よみあげて yomiagete | |
| past negative N4 I didn't read it out loud. | 読み上げなかった よみあげなかった yomiagenakatta | |
| volitional N4 Let's read it out loud. | 読み上げよう よみあげよう yomiageyou | |
| potential N3 I can read it out loud. | 読み上げられる よみあげられる yomiagerareru | |
| cond. ば N3 If I read it out loud, ... | 読み上げれば よみあげれば yomiagereba | |
| cond. たら N3 When I read it out loud, ... | 読み上げたら よみあげたら yomiagetara | |
| passive N2 It gets read out loud. | 読み上げられる よみあげられる yomiagerareru | |
| causative N2 I make someone read it out loud. | 読み上げさせる よみあげさせる yomiagesaseru | |
| imperative N1 | 読み上げろ よみあげろ yomiagero |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | 読み上げます よみあげます yomiagemasu | |
| past N5 I read it out loud. | 読み上げました よみあげました yomiagemashita | |
| negative N5 I don't read it out loud. | 読み上げません よみあげません yomiagemasen | |
| past negative N4 I didn't read it out loud. | 読み上げませんでした よみあげませんでした yomiagemasendeshita | |
| volitional N4 Let's read it out loud. | 読み上げましょう よみあげましょう yomiagemashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている N4 I'm reading it out loud. | 読み上げている よみあげている yomiageteiru | |
| ていた N4 I was reading it out loud. | 読み上げていた よみあげていた yomiageteita | |
| ています N4 I'm reading it out loud. | 読み上げています よみあげています yomiageteimasu | |
| ていました N4 I was reading it out loud. | 読み上げていました よみあげていました yomiageteimashita |