ichidan verb (v1, vt) · N5
教えるoshieru
to teach, to inform, to instruct
- to teach
- to instruct
- to tell
Remember it
Hear "oh" + "she" + "eh" in the word. Picture someone realizing "oh!", someone saying "she", and someone tilting their head and saying "eh?" turning into a clear action scene for "to teach, to inform, to instruct"; that little scene ties oshieru to "to teach, to inform, to instruct".
Forms
Non-past affirmative | Past affirmative | Non-past negative | Past negative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Informal plain form | 教える | 教えた | 教えない | 教えなかった |
Formal -masu base | 教えます | 教えました | 教えません | 教えませんでした |
te-form
教えて
connector — “… and then”
Ichidan verb — drop る, add the ending. Same pattern every time.
Learning status
learning
Recognition2 / 5
Recall2 / 5
Reading2 / 5