I Love Kanji伝える (tsutaeru)
伝える (つたえる, tsutaeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to convey; to report”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- つたえる
- Romaji
- tsutaeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 伝える
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 伝える | つたえる tsutaeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 伝えます | つたえます tsutaemasu |
| Negative | 伝えない | つたえない tsutaenai |
| Polite negative | 伝えません | つたえません tsutaemasen |
| Past | 伝えた | つたえた tsutaeta |
| Polite past | 伝えました | つたえました tsutaemashita |
| Negative past | 伝えなかった | つたえなかった tsutaenakatta |
| Te-form | 伝えて | つたえて tsutaete |
| Potential | 伝えられる | つたえられる tsutaerareru |
| Passive | 伝えられる | つたえられる tsutaerareru |
| Causative | 伝えさせる | つたえさせる tsutaesaseru |
| Volitional | 伝えよう | つたえよう tsutaeyou |
| Imperative | 伝えろ | つたえろ tsutaero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 伝えれば | つたえれば tsutaereba |
Kanji in 伝える
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 伝える.
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Source: JMdict entry 1441870 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.