JLPT N4 vocabulary
呉れる: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
くれる0Heiban · flat
Ichidan verb (ru-verb)
Meaning
- to give, to let (one) have (the receiver is the speaker or someone close to the speaker)
- to give
- (auxiliary verb) (ichidan verb (special class)) to do for one, to take the trouble to do (after the -te form of a verb)
- (auxiliary verb) (ichidan verb (special class)) to do to someone's disadvantage (after the -te form of a verb)
Conjugation
The command is くれ.
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 呉れる | 呉れ |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 呉れ | 呉れ |
| Polite presentます形 | 呉れ | 呉れ |
| Polite pastました形 | 呉れ | 呉れ |
| Te-formて形 | 呉れ | 呉れ |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 呉れ | 呉れ |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 呉れ | 呉れ |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 呉れ | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 呉れ | 呉れ |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 呉れ | 呉れる |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | —not in common use | —not in common use |
| Passive受身形 | —not in common use | —not in common use |
| Make / let使役形 | —not in common use | —not in common use |
| Be made to使役受身形 | —not in common use | —not in common use |
Example sentences
お願いだ！僕にチャンスをくれ。
Come on! Give me a chance.
うちの親ときたら、小遣いなんか一円もくれないぜ。
When it comes to my own parents, they won't even give me a single yen of spending money.