- Basic forms
- 仕える — to serve; to work for / base form
- 仕えます — (I) serve / masu form
- 仕えた — served / ta form
- 仕えて — serve and …; please serve / te-form
- 仕えない — do not serve / negative form
- 仕えれば — if (you) serve / conditional
- 仕えろ・仕えなさい — serve! / imperative
- Other common forms
- 仕えたい — want to serve / 〜たい form
- 仕えられる — can serve / potential
- 仕えられた — was able to serve / past potential
- 仕えられない — cannot serve / negative potential
- More
- 仕えよう — let’s serve / 〜よう form
- 仕えなかった — didn’t serve / past negative
- 仕えている — is serving / progressive
仕える(つかえる) is an Ichidan verb. It conjugates by dropping the る and adding endings like ます, て, or た. It typically means to serve a master, a deity, or a superior.
- 仕事 — work, job
- 仕方 — way, method
- 仕上げる — to finish up
- 仕返し — retaliation
- 仕組み — structure, system
- 仕送り — remittance, sending money
- 仕様 — way, method; specification
The character combines the person radical (人) with a phonetic element, expressing the idea of a person in service or working under someone.
