Stop (a car) in Japanese 🇯🇵

とめる info.

Tips to remember the Japanese word:
To remember "とめる" (tomaru), you can think of the English word "temporary". This might help recall the idea of someone staying temporarily.

Explanations:
"とめる" (tomaru) is a verb in Japanese that means "to let someone stay over" or "to let someone spend the night."

Other words that mean the same thing:
– 泊める (とめる, tomeru)

Conjugation:

1. Present/Future Tense:
– とめる (tomeru) – to let someone stay over
* 彼を泊める (kare o tomeru) – I will let him stay over.

2. Past Tense:
– 泊めた (tometa) – let someone stayed over
* 彼を泊めた (kare o tometa) – I let him stay over.

3. Negative Form:
– 泊めない (tomenai) – do not let someone stay over
* 彼を泊めない (kare o tomenai) – I will not let him stay over.

4. Past Negative:
– 泊めなかった (tomenakatta) – did not let someone stay over
* 彼を泊めなかった (kare o tomenakatta) – I did not let him stay over.

5. Te-Form:
– 泊めて (tomete) – let someone stay over (command/request form)
* 彼を泊めてください (kare o tomete kudasai) – Please let him stay over.

Examples of sentences that use it:

1. 彼を泊めてもいいですか？
(かれを とめても いいですか？)
Kare o tomete mo ii desu ka?
– Can I let him stay over?

2. 彼女が家に泊めてくれました。
(かのじょが いえに とめて くれました。)
Kanojo ga ie ni tomete kuremaa.
– She let me stay over at her house.

3. 明日は友達を泊める予定です。
(あしたは ともだちを とめる よていです。)
Aa wa tomodachi o tomeru yotei desu.
– I plan to let my friend stay over tomorrow.

4. 両親はよく友達を泊めます。
(りょうしんは よく ともだちを とめます。)
Ryōshin wa yoku tomodachi o tomemasu.
– My parents often let friends stay over.

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とめる info.

Tips to Remember the Japanese Word:
– Associate "とめる" (tomeru) with "to-m-eru" which sounds like "to-m-are" (where 'are' means halt in fleeing).
– Picture someone stopping a car at a "To" (stop) sign.

Explanations:
– "とめる" (tomeru) is a verb meaning "to stop" or "to halt" and can be used for stopping both physical actions and abstract activities.

Other Words That Mean the Same Thing:
– 止める (やめる, yameru) – to stop doing something, to give up
– 止まる (とまる, tomaru) – to stop (intransitive), e.g., The car stops.

Conjugations:

Non-past (Present/Future):
– 止める (とめる, tomeru) – to stop

Past:
– 止めた (とめた, tometa) – stopped

Negative:
– 止めない (とめない, tomenai) – does not stop

Past Negative:
– 止めなかった (とめなかった, tomenakatta) – did not stop

Polite Form:
– 止めます (とめます, tomemasu) – to stop (polite)
– 止めました (とめました, tomemaa) – stopped (polite)
– 止めません (とめません, tomemasen) – does not stop (polite)
– 止めませんでした (とめませんでした, tomemasen dea) – did not stop (polite)

Te-form:
– 止めて (とめて, tomete) – please stop / stopping

Examples of Sentences:
1. 車を止めてください。
– くるまをとめてください。
– Kuruma o tomete kudasai.
– Please stop the car.

2. 会議を止めました。
– かいぎをとめました。
– Kaigi o tomemaa.
– (I) stopped the meeting.

3. 彼はすぐに仕事を止めないでしょう。
– かれはすぐにしごとをとめないでしょう。
– Kare wa sugu ni shigoto o tomenai deshou.
– He probably won't stop working anytime soon.

4. それを止めて！
– それをとめて！
– Sore o tomete!
– Stop that!

5. バスが止まりました。
– バスがとまりました。
– Basu ga tomarimaa.
– The bus has stopped.

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とめる info.

Tips to remember the Japanese word:
– Associate "とめる" (tomeru) with "to park" a car. Imagine saying "Tom, park!" to recall the sound "tome" (as in Tom) and link it to stopping a car.

Explanations:
– "とめる" (tomeru) means to stop or to park something, such as a car. It is a verb used when you cease the motion or activity of something.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– 停止する (ていしする, teishi suru) – To stop (more formal, often used in written Japanese)
– 止める (やめる, yameru) – To stop, quit, or give up (more common for stopping activities or habits)

Different Conjugations:
– Plain Form (Present/Future): とめる (tomeru) – Stop, will stop
– Plain Form (Past): とめた (tometa) – Stopped
– Polite Form (Present/Future): とめます (tomemasu) – Stop, will stop
– Polite Form (Past): とめました (tomemaa) – Stopped
– Negative Form: とめない (tomenai) – Do not stop
– Negative Past Form: とめなかった (tomenakatta) – Did not stop
– Potential Form: とめられる (tomerareru) – Can stop

Examples of sentences that use it:
– 私は車をとめる。 (わたしはくるまをとめる。Watashi wa kuruma o tomeru.) – I stop the car.
– 彼は車をとめた。 (かれはくるまをとめた。Kare wa kuruma o tometa.) – He stopped the car.
– バスをとめてください。 (バスをとめてください。Basu o tomete kudasai.) – Please stop the bus.
– ここではとめないでください。(ここではとめないでください。Koko de wa tomenaide kudasai.) – Please do not stop (the car) here.
– 弟は車をとめられました。(おとうとはくるまをとめられました。Otōto wa kuruma o tomeraremaa.) – My younger brother was able to stop the car.

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