Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI have your heart pounding | ||
| NegativeI don’t have your heart pounding |
Conjugation
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Past
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI had your heart pounding | ||
| NegativeI didn’t have your heart pounding |
Te-form
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formhaving your heart pounding, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am having your heart pounding | ||
| Please (て ください)please have your heart pounding |
Potential
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can have your heart pounding | ||
| NegativeI can’t have your heart pounding |
Want to
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to have your heart pounding | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to have your heart pounding |
Volitional
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s have your heart pounding |
Conditional
条件形 · “if” and “when”
- If (ば) if I have your heart pounding
- If, when (たら) if I have your heart pounding
Commands and requests
命令形 · from gentle to blunt
- Do it (なさい) have your heart pounding (do it)
- Plain command have your heart pounding!
- Please don’t please don’t have your heart pounding
Passive and causative
受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| PassiveI am had your heart pounding | ||
| CausativeI make someone have your heart pounding |
How to use どきどき する
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present and future
めんせつ の まえ は、 いつも どきどき します。
Before an interview, my heart always pounds.
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Past
はじめて の デート で、 ずっと どきどき した。
On my first date, my heart was pounding the whole time.
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Te-form
はっぴょう の ばん が ちかづいて、 どきどき して います。
My turn to present is coming up and my heart is racing.
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Potential
どきどき して、 かれ の め を みられなかった。
My heart was pounding and I couldn't look him in the eye.
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Want to
ときどき は、 えいが で どきどき したい。
Sometimes I want a movie that gets my pulse racing.
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Volitional
サプライズ で、 かのじょ を どきどき させよう。
Let's make her heart flutter with a surprise.
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Conditional
どきどき したら、 ふかく いき を すって ください。
If your heart starts pounding, take a deep breath.
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Commands and requests
そんな に どきどき しないで。 ただ の けんこうしんだん だ よ。
Don't be so nervous. It's just a check-up.
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Passive and causative
この ドラマ に は、 まいかい どきどき させられる。
This drama gets my heart pounding every episode.
Good to know
- どきどき する is for nerves or excitement alike, the heartbeat you can feel; わくわく する is only for happy excitement.
- Your heart pounds by itself, so the potential and volitional sentences show どきどき する beside another verb or in the causative.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: する verb.