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尋ねる

to ask

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Conjugation of 尋ねる

This verb follows the ichidan conjugation pattern.
私/俺
Present informal tense
尋ねる
tazuneru
I ask
Present informal negative tense
尋ねない
tazunenai
I don't ask
Present formal tense
尋ねます
tazunemasu
I ask
Present formal negative tense
尋ねません
tazunemasen
I do not ask
私/俺
Past informal tense
尋ねた
tazuneta
I asked
Past informal negative tense
尋ねなかった
tazunenakatta
I didn't ask
Past formal tense
尋ねました
tazunemashita
I ask
Past formal negative tense
尋ねませんでした
tazunemasen deshita
I did not ask
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
尋ねよ
tazuneyo
ask
Imperative negative mood
尋ねるな
tazuneru na
don't ask
Imperative formal mood
尋ねてください
tazunete kudasai
please ask
Imperative formal negative mood
尋ねないでください
tazunenai dekudasai
please do not ask
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
尋ねて
tazunete
ask
Passive stem
尋ねられる
tazunerareru
asked
Hypothetical tense
尋ねれ
tazunere
if I asked
Hypothetical conditional stem
尋ねれば
tazunereba
asked
私/俺
Volitional stem
尋ねよう
tazuneyō
will ask
Potential stem
尋ねられる
tazunerareru
asked
Continuative stem
尋ね
tazune
asking
Causative stem
尋ねさせる
tazunesaseru
allow to ask
私/俺
Imperfective stem
尋ね
tazune
ask

Examples of 尋ねる

もう一度、尋ねる

I'm going to ask you once more.

すみません 尋ねます

I'm sorry to have to ask this,

When he came to see me 彼が 私に 会いに来たとき he was asking for something 彼は 何か 尋ねた What ? 何を

When he came to see me, he was asking for something.

尋ねた...

Then I asked you...

When he came to see me 彼が 私に 会いに来たとき he was asking for something 彼は 何か 尋ねた

When he came to see me, he was asking for something.

well she asked 彼女 尋ねた

"I'm giving a presentation"?

求めよ、さらば与へられん。尋ねよ、さらば見出さん。門を叩け、さらば開かれん。すべて求むる者は得、たづぬる者は見いだし、門をたたく者は開かるるなり。

Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you; for every one who is asking doth receive, and he who is seeking doth find, and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.

我々はやって来た と話せ - 何処から来たか 尋ねて

I’m alright!

わしは一度だけお前に 尋ねよう、スノウ殿

So I'll only ask you once, Lord Snow...