与える (ataeru) conjugation
to give
与える (あたえる, ataeru) is an ichidan verb. Ichidan verbs are the tidy ones: drop the final る and add the ending. Nothing inside the word ever changes. Every form below is tappable — hear it, then say it back.
Conjugation table
| Form | Plain (casual) | Polite (~ます) | When you use it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dictionary / plain | 与える ataeru | 与えます ataemasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 与えない ataenai | 与えません ataemasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 与えた ataeta | 与えました ataemashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 与えなかった ataenakatta | 与えませんでした ataemasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 与えて ataete | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 与えている ataeteiru | 与えています ataeteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 与えたい ataetai | 与えたいです ataetaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 与えよう ataeyou | 与えましょう ataemashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 与えられる ataerareru | 与えられます ataeraremasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 与えられる ataerareru | 与えられます ataeraremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 与えさせる ataesaseru | 与えさせます ataesasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 与えさせられる ataesaserareru | 与えさせられます ataesaseraremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 与えろ ataero | 与えてください ataetekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 与えるな ataeruna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 与えれば ataereba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 与えたら ataetara | — | “if / when ~”. The everyday conditional. |
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Why it conjugates this way
Ichidan verbs are the tidy ones: drop the final る and add the ending. Nothing inside the word ever changes.
See the full rules on the verb conjugation guide.