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えッ

えっ · e

verb 連用形

is the masu-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 えッ

Masu-stem (). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.

This spelling is the version with a small っ (sound change before て/た): 待っ → 待って.

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 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

Check-in is over here.

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Checkout is at ten o'clock.

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Check-out is until eleven o'clock.

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Other forms and spellings

エルえよえようえよっえよふえれえりゃえろえろうえろっえろふえるえっ
masu-stem of える