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Japanese verb起きる (okiru) Conjugation
起きる (okiru) means “to get up, to wake up”. It is a る-verb (ichidan) verb. It is a る-verb (ichidan): drop the る and add the ending, so 起きます, 起きない, 起きて. 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 get up, to wake up
- Type
- る-verb (ichidan)
- Dictionary form
- 起きる
- Reading
- おきる
- Romaji
- okiru
- Masu form
- 起きます
- Nai form
- 起きない
- Te-form
- 起きて
- Ta form
- 起きた
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 起きる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 起きない |
| Polite | 起きます |
| Polite negative | 起きません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 起きた |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 起きなかった |
| Polite | 起きました |
| Polite negative | 起きませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 起きて |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 起きないで |
Progressive (-te iru)ている
| Plain | 起きている |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 起きていない |
| Polite | 起きています |
| Polite negative | 起きていません |
Wanting, inviting, telling
Want to (-tai)たい形
| Plain | 起きたい |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 起きたくない |
| Polite | 起きたいです |
| Polite negative | 起きたくないです |
Volitional意向形
| Plain | 起きよう |
|---|---|
| Polite | 起きましょう |
Imperative and requests命令形
| Plain command | 起きろ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative (don't) | 起きるな |
| Polite request (-te kudasai) | 起きてください |
| Polite negative (-naide kudasai) | 起きないでください |
Can and if
Potential可能形
| Plain | 起きられる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 起きられない |
| Polite | 起きられます |
| Polite negative | 起きられません |
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 起きれば |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 起きなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 起きたら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 起きなかったら |
Passive and causative
Passive受身形
| Plain | 起きられる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 起きられない |
| Polite | 起きられます |
| Polite negative | 起きられません |
Causative使役形
| Plain | 起きさせる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 起きさせない |
| Polite | 起きさせます |
| Polite negative | 起きさせません |
Causative passive使役受身形
| Plain | 起きさせられる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 起きさせられない |
| Polite | 起きさせられます |
| Polite negative | 起きさせられません |
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 知る (shiru)to know, to get to know
- 使う (tsukau)to use
- 作る (tsukuru)to make
- 帰る (kaeru)to go home, to return
- 入る (hairu)to enter
- 出る (deru)to leave, to go out
- 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
About these tables
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