
October 2023 (VOL.192)
Tsutaeru 伝える
Tsutaeru means “to tell”
Mom
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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