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Japanese verb歩く (aruku) Conjugation
歩く (aruku) means “to walk”. It is a う-verb (godan) verb. It is an う-verb (godan): the last sound changes, 歩かない and 歩きます, and the te-form is 歩いて. Below is its conjugation in all 14 forms, plain and polite, the same forms the Japanese verb conjugation worksheets print in their answer keys.
- Meaning
- to walk
- Type
- う-verb (godan)
- Dictionary form
- 歩く
- Reading
- あるく
- Romaji
- aruku
- Masu form
- 歩きます
- Nai form
- 歩かない
- Te-form
- 歩いて
- Ta form
- 歩いた
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 歩く |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 歩かない |
| Polite | 歩きます |
| Polite negative | 歩きません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 歩いた |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 歩かなかった |
| Polite | 歩きました |
| Polite negative | 歩きませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 歩いて |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 歩かないで |
Progressive (-te iru)ている
| Plain | 歩いている |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 歩いていない |
| Polite | 歩いています |
| Polite negative | 歩いていません |
Wanting, inviting, telling
Want to (-tai)たい形
| Plain | 歩きたい |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 歩きたくない |
| Polite | 歩きたいです |
| Polite negative | 歩きたくないです |
Volitional意向形
| Plain | 歩こう |
|---|---|
| Polite | 歩きましょう |
Imperative and requests命令形
| Plain command | 歩け |
|---|---|
| Plain negative (don't) | 歩くな |
| Polite request (-te kudasai) | 歩いてください |
| Polite negative (-naide kudasai) | 歩かないでください |
Can and if
Potential可能形
| Plain | 歩ける |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 歩けない |
| Polite | 歩けます |
| Polite negative | 歩けません |
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 歩けば |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 歩かなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 歩いたら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 歩かなかったら |
Passive and causative
Passive受身形
| Plain | 歩かれる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 歩かれない |
| Polite | 歩かれます |
| Polite negative | 歩かれません |
Causative使役形
| Plain | 歩かせる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 歩かせない |
| Polite | 歩かせます |
| Polite negative | 歩かせません |
Causative passive使役受身形
| Plain | 歩かされる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 歩かされない |
| Polite | 歩かされます |
| Polite negative | 歩かされません |
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 寝る (neru)to sleep, to go to bed
- 住む (sumu)to live (somewhere)
- 働く (hataraku)to work
- 休む (yasumu)to rest, to take a day off
- 遊ぶ (asobu)to play, to have fun
- 泳ぐ (oyogu)to swim
- 走る (hashiru)to run
- 乗る (noru)to ride, to get on
- 降りる (oriru)to get off
- 立つ (tatsu)to stand
- 座る (suwaru)to sit
- 開ける (akeru)to open
About these tables
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