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

Japanese
5 examples
This verb follows the ichidan conjugation pattern.

Conjugation of 待ち構える

私/俺
Present informal tense
待ち構える
machikamaeru
I lie in wait
Present informal negative tense
待ち構えない
machikamaenai
I don't lie in wait
Present formal tense
待ち構えます
machikamaemasu
I lie in wait
Present formal negative tense
待ち構えません
machikamaemasen
I do not lie in wait
私/俺
Past informal tense
待ち構えた
machikamaeta
I lay in wait
Past informal negative tense
待ち構えなかった
machikamaenakatta
I didn't lie in wait
Past formal tense
待ち構えました
machikamaemashita
I lie in wait
Past formal negative tense
待ち構えませんでした
machikamaemasen deshita
I did not lie in wait
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
待ち構えよ
machikamaeyo
lie in wait
Imperative negative mood
待ち構えるな
machikamaeru na
don't lie in wait
Imperative formal mood
待ち構えてください
machikamaete kudasai
please lie in wait
Imperative formal negative mood
待ち構えないでください
machikamaenai dekudasai
please do not lie in wait
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
待ち構えて
machikamaete
lie in wait
Passive stem
待ち構えられる
machikamaerareru
lay in wait
Hypothetical tense
待ち構えれ
machikamaere
if I lay in wait
Hypothetical conditional stem
待ち構えれば
machikamaereba
lay in wait
私/俺
Volitional stem
待ち構えよう
machikamaeyō
will lie in wait
Potential stem
待ち構えられる
machikamaerareru
lay in wait
Continuative stem
待ち構え
machikamae
lying in wait
Causative stem
待ち構えさせる
machikamaesaseru
allow to lie in wait
私/俺
Imperfective stem
待ち構え
machikamae
lie in wait

Examples of 待ち構える

Example in JapaneseTranslation in English
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.
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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