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待ち構える [machikamaeru] (to lie in wait) conjugation

Japanese
5 examples
This verb follows the ichidan conjugation pattern.
私/俺
Present informal tense
待ち構える
Present informal negative tense
待ち構えない
Present formal tense
待ち構えます
Present formal negative tense
待ち構えません
私/俺
Past informal tense
待ち構えた
Past informal negative tense
待ち構えなかった
Past formal tense
待ち構えました
Past formal negative tense
待ち構えませんでした
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
待ち構えよ
Imperative negative mood
待ち構えるな
Imperative formal mood
待ち構えてください
Imperative formal negative mood
待ち構えないでください
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
待ち構えて
Passive stem
待ち構えられる
Hypothetical tense
待ち構えれ
Hypothetical conditional stem
待ち構えれば
私/俺
Volitional stem
待ち構えよう
Potential stem
待ち構えられる
Continuative stem
待ち構え
Causative stem
待ち構えさせる
私/俺
Imperfective stem
待ち構え

Examples of 待ち構える

Example in JapaneseTranslation in English
待ち構える
あくどいキツネが来るのを 待ち構える		We're going to protect our little egg, move it out of the henhouse, then we're going to wait for that goddamn fox to arrive.
小さい卵を守るように 鶏小屋から運び出し あくどいキツネが来るのを 待ち構えるWe're going to protect our little egg, move it out of the hen-house, then we're going to wait for that goddamn fox to arrive.
待ち構えて
もし間近と判断したなら, 建物の外で ハイゼンベルグを 待ち構えて 銃殺する手はずだった.		If Berg discovered that this was the case, he was to wait for heisenberg outside the hall and shoot the scientist in the head.
建物の外で ハイゼンベルグを 待ち構えて 銃殺する手はずだった.If berg discovered that this was the case, he was to wait for heisenberg outside the hall and shoot the scientist in the head.
いいぞ　待ち構えて！Excellent, excellent. Setting back.

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