JAPANESE VERB

いく

行く

to go

Conjugation

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Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI go
NegativeI don’t go

finished actions

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI went
NegativeI didn’t go

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

可能形 · “can”

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI can go
NegativeI can’t go

たい形 · “want to”

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

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form	Polite	Plain
Let’slet’s go

条件形 · “if” and “when”

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Form	Polite	Plain
PassiveI am gone
CausativeI make someone go

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

Present and future

にちようびはどこへも いきません。

On Sundays I don't go anywhere.
Past

せんしゅう、かぞくでおんせんに いきました。

Last week we went to a hot spring as a family.
Te-form

さきに いって いてください。

Please go on ahead and wait there.
Potential

あしたはざんねんですが、 いけません。

I'm sorry, but I can't go tomorrow.
Want to

なつやすみにほっかいどうへ いきたい です。

I want to go to Hokkaido in the summer holidays.
Volitional

こんどいっしょにうみへ いこう。

Let's go to the sea together sometime.
Conditional

このみちをまっすぐ いけば、えきです。

If you go straight down this street, you reach the station.
Commands and requests

はやくがっこうへ いきなさい。

Hurry up and go to school.
Passive and causative

こどもをひとりでおつかいにいかせました。

I let my child go and run an errand alone.