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えれ

ere

verb 仮定形

is the conditional stem of える — to choose, to select, to pick out.

  • to select (the best), to choose, to pick out
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How it’s built

える えれ

Conditional stem (). Add ば to say “if”: 書け → 書けば (if you write).

える is a godan verb (u-verb), so it follows that pattern.

Name that form

Three more forms of . Can you tell what each one is?

Every form of

Polite えります
Polite negative えりません
Polite past えりました
Polite past negative えりませんでした
Let us ~ えりましょう
Masu-stem えり
Want to ~ えりたい
While ~ing えりながら
Te-form えって
Plain past えった
Tara-conditional えったら
Progressive えっている
Plain negative えらない
Plain past negative えらなかった
Negative te-form えらなくて
Potential えれる
Ba-conditional えれば
Imperative ← this oneえれ
Volitional えろう
Passive えられる
Causative えらせる
Causative-passive えらされる

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In real sentences

Please use this elevator.

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I also take the elevator.

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It's far from here to the elevator.

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Other forms and spellings

エルえよえようえよっえよふえりゃえろえろうえろっえろふえるえっえッ
conditional stem of える