Explore 育てる through polite examples about caring for living things and developing abilities.
The idea
育てる is a transitive ichidan verb: mark what someone raises or develops with を. Drop る to form 育てます and 育てて; 育てています can describe an ongoing activity.
| Dictionary form | Polite non-past | Polite negative | Polite past | て form |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 育てる | 育てます | 育てません | 育てました | 育てて |
Examples
- 私は庭で野菜を育てています。I grow vegetables in the garden.
- 祖父は子どもを三人育てました。My grandfather raised three children.
- 学校で花を育てます。We grow flowers at school.
- 姉は犬を大切に育てています。My older sister takes great care in raising her dog.
- 父は今年トマトを育てません。My father is not growing tomatoes this year.
- 先生は生徒の考える力を育てます。The teacher develops students’ ability to think.
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Watch out
育つ is intransitive: 子どもが育つ means a child grows up, while 子どもを育てる means someone raises a child.
Try it yourself
＿。（育てる→ます）
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育てます
育てます is the polite non-past; context distinguishes present from future.
＿。（育てる→て）
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育てて
育てて is the て form: remove る and add て.
庭で花＿育てます。（を／が）
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を
を marks 花 as the object being grown.
Practice round
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＿。（育てる→ます）
＿。（育てる→て）
庭で花＿育てます。（を／が）
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Write a sentence about something you grow, then change it to the polite past.