受け持つ (ukemotsu) conjugation
to take (be in) charge of
受け持つ (うけもつ, ukemotsu) is a godan verb. Godan verbs change their final kana up and down its column of the kana chart — the a-row for negatives, the i-row before ます, the e-row for potential and ば. 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 | 受け持つ ukemotsu | 受け持ちます ukemochimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 受け持たない ukemotanai | 受け持ちません ukemochimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 受け持った ukemotta | 受け持ちました ukemochimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 受け持たなかった ukemotanakatta | 受け持ちませんでした ukemochimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 受け持って ukemotte | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 受け持っている ukemotteiru | 受け持っています ukemotteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 受け持ちたい ukemochitai | 受け持ちたいです ukemochitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 受け持とう ukemotou | 受け持ちましょう ukemochimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 受け持てる ukemoteru | 受け持てます ukemotemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 受け持たれる ukemotareru | 受け持たれます ukemotaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 受け持たせる ukemotaseru | 受け持たせます ukemotasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 受け持たされる ukemotasareru | 受け持たされます ukemotasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 受け持て ukemote | 受け持ってください ukemottekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 受け持つな ukemotsuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 受け持てば ukemoteba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 受け持ったら ukemottara | — | “if / when ~”. The everyday conditional. |
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Why it conjugates this way
Godan verbs change their final kana up and down its column of the kana chart — the a-row for negatives, the i-row before ます, the e-row for potential and ば.
See the full rules on the verb conjugation guide.