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Japanese verb使う (tsukau) Conjugation
使う (tsukau) means “to use”. It is a う-verb (godan) verb. It is an う-verb (godan): the last sound changes, 使わない and 使います, and the te-form is 使って. 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 use
- Type
- う-verb (godan)
- Dictionary form
- 使う
- Reading
- つかう
- Romaji
- tsukau
- Masu form
- 使います
- Nai form
- 使わない
- Te-form
- 使って
- Ta form
- 使った
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 使う |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 使わない |
| Polite | 使います |
| Polite negative | 使いません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 使った |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 使わなかった |
| Polite | 使いました |
| Polite negative | 使いませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 使って |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 使わないで |
Progressive (-te iru)ている
| Plain | 使っている |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 使っていない |
| Polite | 使っています |
| Polite negative | 使っていません |
Wanting, inviting, telling
Want to (-tai)たい形
| Plain | 使いたい |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 使いたくない |
| Polite | 使いたいです |
| Polite negative | 使いたくないです |
Volitional意向形
| Plain | 使おう |
|---|---|
| Polite | 使いましょう |
Imperative and requests命令形
| Plain command | 使え |
|---|---|
| Plain negative (don't) | 使うな |
| Polite request (-te kudasai) | 使ってください |
| Polite negative (-naide kudasai) | 使わないでください |
Can and if
Potential可能形
| Plain | 使える |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 使えない |
| Polite | 使えます |
| Polite negative | 使えません |
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 使えば |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 使わなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 使ったら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 使わなかったら |
Passive and causative
Passive受身形
| Plain | 使われる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 使われない |
| Polite | 使われます |
| Polite negative | 使われません |
Causative使役形
| Plain | 使わせる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 使わせない |
| Polite | 使わせます |
| Polite negative | 使わせません |
Causative passive使役受身形
| Plain | 使わされる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 使わされない |
| Polite | 使わされます |
| Polite negative | 使わされません |
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 待つ (matsu)to wait
- 会う (au)to meet
- わかる (wakaru)to understand
- 思う (omou)to think
- 言う (iu)to say
- 知る (shiru)to know, to get to know
- 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
- 起きる (okiru)to get up, to wake up
- 寝る (neru)to sleep, to go to bed
About these tables
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