
October 2023 (VOL.192)
Tsutaeru 伝える
Tsutaeru means “to tell”
Mom
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Tsutaeru koto aru desho?
You have something to tell me, right?
Ken
Eh, Nanno koto?
What are you talking about?

Mom
Ima tsutaete kuretara okoranai.
I won’t be mad if you tell me now.

Ken
Wakkata! Tsutaeru! Tsutaeru!
Okay! I tell you the truth!
Mom
Nani?
What did you do?

Ken
Sumaho kowashi chatta.
I broke your phone.

| tell | tell (polite) | told | told (polite) | is telling | was telling | have told | can tell | want to tell | Tell me! | Please tell me! | |
| positive | Tsutaeru | Tsutae masu | Tsutaeta | Tsutae mashita | Tsutaete iru | Tsutaete ita | Tsutaeta koto ga aru | Tsutae rareru | Tsutae tai | Tsutaete! | Tsutaete kudasai |
| negative | Tsutaenai | Tsutae masen | Tsutaena katta | Tsutae masen deshita | Tsutaete inai | Tsutaete inakatta | Tsutaeta koto ga nai | Tsutae rarenai | Tsutae takunai | – | Tsutaenaide kudasai |
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Nyu-su wo tsutaeru.
Telling a news.

Tsutae wasureta!
I forgot to tell him!

Kare niwa tsutae naide
Donʼt tell him

Daiji na koto wo tsutae masu.
I’ll tell you something important.

Kare ni himitsu wo tsutaeta.
I told him a secret.

Boku no ai wo tsutae tai.
I want to tell her that I love her.

Me-ru demo tsutae rareru.
I can tell him about it over e-mail.
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