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Japanese verb働きかける (hatarakikakeru) Conjugation
働きかける (hatarakikakeru) means “to work on, to appeal to, to make approaches to”. It is a る-verb (ichidan) verb. It is a る-verb (ichidan): drop the る and add the ending, so 働きかけます, 働きかけない, 働きかけて. 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 work on, to appeal to, to make approaches to
- Type
- る-verb (ichidan)
- Dictionary form
- 働きかける
- Reading
- はたらきかける
- Romaji
- hatarakikakeru
- Masu form
- 働きかけます
- Nai form
- 働きかけない
- Te-form
- 働きかけて
- Ta form
- 働きかけた
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 働きかける |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 働きかけない |
| Polite | 働きかけます |
| Polite negative | 働きかけません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 働きかけた |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 働きかけなかった |
| Polite | 働きかけました |
| Polite negative | 働きかけませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 働きかけて |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 働きかけないで |
Progressive (-te iru)ている
| Plain | 働きかけている |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 働きかけていない |
| Polite | 働きかけています |
| Polite negative | 働きかけていません |
Wanting, inviting, telling
Want to (-tai)たい形
| Plain | 働きかけたい |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 働きかけたくない |
| Polite | 働きかけたいです |
| Polite negative | 働きかけたくないです |
Volitional意向形
| Plain | 働きかけよう |
|---|---|
| Polite | 働きかけましょう |
Imperative and requests命令形
| Plain command | 働きかけろ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative (don't) | 働きかけるな |
| Polite request (-te kudasai) | 働きかけてください |
| Polite negative (-naide kudasai) | 働きかけないでください |
Can and if
Potential可能形
| Plain | 働きかけられる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 働きかけられない |
| Polite | 働きかけられます |
| Polite negative | 働きかけられません |
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 働きかければ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 働きかけなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 働きかけたら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 働きかけなかったら |
Passive and causative
Passive受身形
| Plain | 働きかけられる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 働きかけられない |
| Polite | 働きかけられます |
| Polite negative | 働きかけられません |
Causative使役形
| Plain | 働きかけさせる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 働きかけさせない |
| Polite | 働きかけさせます |
| Polite negative | 働きかけさせません |
Causative passive使役受身形
| Plain | 働きかけさせられる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 働きかけさせられない |
| Polite | 働きかけさせられます |
| Polite negative | 働きかけさせられません |
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