まえ
mae
verb 仮定形
まえ is the conditional stem of まう — to finish, to stop, to end, to put an end to, to bring to a close.
- to close (a business, etc.), to close down, to shut down, to shut up
- to put away, to put back, to keep, to store
How it’s built
まう
まえ
Conditional stem (仮定形). Add ば to say “if”: 書け → 書けば (if you write).
まう is a godan verb (u-verb), so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of まう. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of まう
| Polite (ます形) | まいます |
| Polite negative (ません) | まいません |
| Polite past (ました) | まいました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | まいませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | まいましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | まい |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | まいたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | まいながら |
| Te-form (て形) | まって |
| Plain past (た形) | まった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | まったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | まっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | まわない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | まわなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | まわなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | まえる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | まえば |
| Imperative (命令形) ← this one | まえ |
| Volitional (意向形) | まおう |
| Passive (受身形) | まわれる |
| Causative (使役形) | まわせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | まわされる |
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In real sentences
Other forms and spellings
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