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Japanese verb働く (hataraku) Conjugation
働く (hataraku) means “to work”. It is a う-verb (godan) verb. It is an う-verb (godan): the last sound changes, 働かない and 働きます, and the te-form is 働いて. 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 work
- Type
- う-verb (godan)
- Dictionary form
- 働く
- Reading
- はたらく
- Romaji
- hataraku
- Masu form
- 働きます
- Nai form
- 働かない
- Te-form
- 働いて
- Ta form
- 働いた
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 働く |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 働かない |
| Polite | 働きます |
| Polite negative | 働きません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 働いた |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 働かなかった |
| Polite | 働きました |
| Polite negative | 働きませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 働いて |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 働かないで |
Progressive (-te iru)ている
| Plain | 働いている |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 働いていない |
| Polite | 働いています |
| Polite negative | 働いていません |
Wanting, inviting, telling
Want to (-tai)たい形
| Plain | 働きたい |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 働きたくない |
| Polite | 働きたいです |
| Polite negative | 働きたくないです |
Volitional意向形
| Plain | 働こう |
|---|---|
| Polite | 働きましょう |
Imperative and requests命令形
| Plain command | 働け |
|---|---|
| Plain negative (don't) | 働くな |
| Polite request (-te kudasai) | 働いてください |
| Polite negative (-naide kudasai) | 働かないでください |
Can and if
Potential可能形
| Plain | 働ける |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 働けない |
| Polite | 働けます |
| Polite negative | 働けません |
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 働けば |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 働かなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 働いたら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 働かなかったら |
Passive and causative
Passive受身形
| Plain | 働かれる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 働かれない |
| Polite | 働かれます |
| Polite negative | 働かれません |
Causative使役形
| Plain | 働かせる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 働かせない |
| Polite | 働かせます |
| Polite negative | 働かせません |
Causative passive使役受身形
| Plain | 働かされる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 働かされない |
| Polite | 働かされます |
| Polite negative | 働かされません |
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 帰る (kaeru)to go home, to return
- 入る (hairu)to enter
- 出る (deru)to leave, to go out
- 起きる (okiru)to get up, to wake up
- 寝る (neru)to sleep, to go to bed
- 住む (sumu)to live (somewhere)
- 休む (yasumu)to rest, to take a day off
- 遊ぶ (asobu)to play, to have fun
- 泳ぐ (oyogu)to swim
- 歩く (aruku)to walk
- 走る (hashiru)to run
- 乗る (noru)to ride, to get on
About these tables
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