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Japanese verb作る (tsukuru) Conjugation
作る (tsukuru) means “to make”. It is a う-verb (godan) verb. It is an う-verb (godan): the last sound changes, 作らない and 作ります, and the te-form is 作って. 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 make
- Type
- う-verb (godan)
- Dictionary form
- 作る
- Reading
- つくる
- Romaji
- tsukuru
- Masu form
- 作ります
- Nai form
- 作らない
- Te-form
- 作って
- Ta form
- 作った
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 作る |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 作らない |
| Polite | 作ります |
| Polite negative | 作りません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 作った |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 作らなかった |
| Polite | 作りました |
| Polite negative | 作りませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 作って |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 作らないで |
Progressive (-te iru)ている
| Plain | 作っている |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 作っていない |
| Polite | 作っています |
| Polite negative | 作っていません |
Wanting, inviting, telling
Want to (-tai)たい形
| Plain | 作りたい |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 作りたくない |
| Polite | 作りたいです |
| Polite negative | 作りたくないです |
Volitional意向形
| Plain | 作ろう |
|---|---|
| Polite | 作りましょう |
Imperative and requests命令形
| Plain command | 作れ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative (don't) | 作るな |
| Polite request (-te kudasai) | 作ってください |
| Polite negative (-naide kudasai) | 作らないでください |
Can and if
Potential可能形
| Plain | 作れる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 作れない |
| Polite | 作れます |
| Polite negative | 作れません |
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 作れば |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 作らなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 作ったら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 作らなかったら |
Passive and causative
Passive受身形
| Plain | 作られる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 作られない |
| Polite | 作られます |
| Polite negative | 作られません |
Causative使役形
| Plain | 作らせる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 作らせない |
| Polite | 作らせます |
| Polite negative | 作らせません |
Causative passive使役受身形
| Plain | 作らされる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 作らされない |
| Polite | 作らされます |
| Polite negative | 作らされません |
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 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
- 使う (tsukau)to use
- 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)
About these tables
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