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JAPANESE VERB

はく

吐く

to breathe out

  • #471 most used
  • Godan verb (u-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

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

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI breathed out
NegativeI didn’t breathe out

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formbreathing out, and…
Doing now (て います)I am breathing out
Please (て ください)please breathe out

Potential

可能形 · “can”

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

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s breathe out

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am breathed out
CausativeI make someone breathe out

How to use はく

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

  1. Present and future

    ゆっくり いき を はきます。

    Now you breathe out slowly.

  2. Past

    ベン は おおきく いき を はいた。

    Ben let out a big breath.

  3. Te-form

    すって、 はいて。 もう いちど。

    In, out. Once more.

  4. Potential

    はな が つまって、 うまく いき が はけません。

    My nose is blocked and I can't breathe out properly.

  5. Want to

    ためいき を はきたく なる ような いちにち だった。

    It was the kind of day that makes you want to sigh.

  6. Volitional

    さあ、 いっしょ に いき を はこう。

    Right, let's breathe out together.

  7. Conditional

    ゆっくり はけば、 きもち が おちつきます。

    If you breathe out slowly, you'll calm down.

  8. Commands and requests

    いき を とめないで、 はきなさい。

    Don't hold your breath, breathe out.

  9. Passive and causative

    いしゃ は ベン に おおきく いき を はかせた。

    The doctor had Ben breathe out deeply.

Good to know

  • いき を はく is to breathe out; いき を すう is to breathe in. はく is also to throw up.
  • はく, to put on shoes or trousers, is a different verb with the same sound.

Where you hear はく

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

Japanese · Intermediate Level 2

  • ゆっくり いき を はく と、 らく に なる。 When you breathe out slowly, it gets easier.
  • しけん の あと、 ながく いき を はいた。 After the exam, I let out a long breath.
  • あした は、 いき を はいて から はなす。 Tomorrow I'll breathe out before I speak.
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The Morning

Intermediate Level 2 · はいて

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The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).