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JAPANESE VERB

でかける

出かける

to go out

  • #76 most used
  • Ichidan verb (ru-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI go out
NegativeI don’t go out

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI went out
NegativeI didn’t go out

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formgoing out, and…
Doing now (て います)I am going out
Please (て ください)please go out

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can go out
NegativeI can’t go out

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to go out
NegativeI don’t want to go out

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s go out

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I go out
  2. If, when (たら) if I go out

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) go out (do it)
  2. Plain command go out!
  3. Please don’t please don’t go out

Passive and causative

受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am gone out
CausativeI make someone go out

How to use でかける

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present and future

    にちようび は かぞく で でかけます。

    On Sundays we go out as a family.

  2. Past

    きのう は あめ で でかけなかった。

    Yesterday it rained, so I didn't go out.

  3. Te-form

    ちち は もう でかけて います。

    My father has already gone out.

  4. Potential

    しごと が おわれば、 でかけられる よ。

    If work finishes, I can go out.

  5. Want to

    たまには ふたり で でかけたい な。

    I'd like us to go out together once in a while.

  6. Volitional

    あした、 どこか に でかけよう か。

    Shall we go out somewhere tomorrow?

  7. Conditional

    はやく でかければ、 みち は すいて いる。

    If you leave early, the roads are empty.

  8. Commands and requests

    かさ なし で でかけないで ください。

    Please don't go out without an umbrella.

  9. Passive and causative

    こども に よる でかけられる と しんぱい です。

    I worry when the kids go out at night.

Good to know

  • でかける is to go out and away from home; でる alone is just to leave a place.

Where you hear でかける

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Japanese · Intermediate Level 1

  • にちようび は よく でかける。 I often go out on Sundays.
  • ゆい は もう でかけた。 Yui's already gone out.
  • あと で ちょっと でかける。 I'm going out for a bit later.
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Intermediate Level 1 · でかける

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: ichidan verb (ru-verb).