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JAPANESE VERB

はなしかける

話しかける

to speak to someone, to start talking to them

  • Ichidan verb (ru-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI speak to someone
NegativeI don’t speak to someone

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI spoke to someone
NegativeI didn’t speak to someone

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formspeaking to someone, and…
Doing now (て います)I am speaking to someone
Please (て ください)please speak to someone

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can speak to someone
NegativeI can’t speak to someone

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to speak to someone
NegativeI don’t want to speak to someone

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s speak to someone

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I speak to someone
  2. If, when (たら) if I speak to someone

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) speak to someone (do it)
  2. Plain command speak to someone!
  3. Please don’t please don’t speak to someone

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am spoken to someone
CausativeI make someone speak to someone

How to use はなしかける

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

  1. Present and future

    まいあさ、 こうえん の おばあさん に はなしかけます。

    Every morning I say hello to the old lady in the park.

  2. Past

    えき で、 がいこくじん に えいご で はなしかけた。

    At the station, I spoke to a foreigner in English.

  3. Te-form

    しらない ひと が、 はなしかけて きた。

    A stranger came up and spoke to me.

  4. Potential

    きんちょう して、 すき な ひと に はなしかけられない。

    I'm so nervous I can't speak to the person I like.

  5. Want to

    となり の せき の ひと に、 はなしかけたい。

    I want to talk to the person in the next seat.

  6. Volitional

    ゆうき を だして、 じぶん から はなしかけよう。

    Let's be brave and start the conversation ourselves.

  7. Conditional

    えがお で はなしかければ、 だれ でも こたえて くれる。

    If you speak with a smile, anyone will answer.

  8. Commands and requests

    かんがえて いる から、 いま は はなしかけないで。

    I'm thinking, don't talk to me right now.

  9. Passive and causative

    カフェ で、 きれい な ひと に はなしかけられた。

    At a café, a beautiful woman started talking to me.

Good to know

  • はなしかける takes に: しらない ひと に はなしかける. The かける adds "towards": it's starting a conversation, not having one. はなしかけないで says "don't talk to me right now".

Where you hear はなしかける

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

Japanese · Fluency Level 1

  • おきゃくさま に は、 わたし から はなしかけます。 I'm the one who speaks to the guests first.
  • かわ で、 しらない ひと に はなしかけられた。 By the river, a stranger started talking to me.
  • あした、 けんた に はなしかけて みる。 Tomorrow I'll try talking to Kenta.
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The big clean

Fluency Level 1 · はなしかけないで。 · かんがえて る。 はなしかけないで。 はじめて だ から。

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