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Japanese verb聞く (kiku) Conjugation
聞く (kiku) means “to hear, to listen, to ask”. It is a う-verb (godan) verb. It is an う-verb (godan): the last sound changes, 聞かない and 聞きます, and the te-form is 聞いて. 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 hear, to listen, to ask
- Type
- う-verb (godan)
- Dictionary form
- 聞く
- Reading
- きく
- Romaji
- kiku
- Masu form
- 聞きます
- Nai form
- 聞かない
- Te-form
- 聞いて
- Ta form
- 聞いた
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 聞く |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 聞かない |
| Polite | 聞きます |
| Polite negative | 聞きません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 聞いた |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 聞かなかった |
| Polite | 聞きました |
| Polite negative | 聞きませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 聞いて |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 聞かないで |
Progressive (-te iru)ている
| Plain | 聞いている |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 聞いていない |
| Polite | 聞いています |
| Polite negative | 聞いていません |
Wanting, inviting, telling
Want to (-tai)たい形
| Plain | 聞きたい |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 聞きたくない |
| Polite | 聞きたいです |
| Polite negative | 聞きたくないです |
Volitional意向形
| Plain | 聞こう |
|---|---|
| Polite | 聞きましょう |
Imperative and requests命令形
| Plain command | 聞け |
|---|---|
| Plain negative (don't) | 聞くな |
| Polite request (-te kudasai) | 聞いてください |
| Polite negative (-naide kudasai) | 聞かないでください |
Can and if
Potential可能形
| Plain | 聞ける |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 聞けない |
| Polite | 聞けます |
| Polite negative | 聞けません |
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 聞けば |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 聞かなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 聞いたら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 聞かなかったら |
Passive and causative
Passive受身形
| Plain | 聞かれる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 聞かれない |
| Polite | 聞かれます |
| Polite negative | 聞かれません |
Causative使役形
| Plain | 聞かせる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 聞かせない |
| Polite | 聞かせます |
| Polite negative | 聞かせません |
Causative passive使役受身形
| Plain | 聞かされる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 聞かされない |
| Polite | 聞かされます |
| Polite negative | 聞かされません |
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 行く (iku)to go
- ある (aru)to be (things), to have
- いる (iru)to be (people, animals)
- 食べる (taberu)to eat
- 飲む (nomu)to drink
- 見る (miru)to see, to watch
- 話す (hanasu)to speak, to talk
- 読む (yomu)to read
- 書く (kaku)to write
- 買う (kau)to buy
- 待つ (matsu)to wait
- 会う (au)to meet
About these tables
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