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JAPANESE VERB

かぎ を かける

鍵 を かける

to lock

  • #359 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 lock
NegativeI don’t lock

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI locked
NegativeI didn’t lock

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formlocking, and…
Doing now (て います)I am locking
Please (て ください)please lock

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can lock
NegativeI can’t lock

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s lock

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am locked
CausativeI make someone lock

How to use かぎ を かける

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

  1. Present and future

    でかける とき は かならず かぎ を かけます。

    When I go out I always lock up.

  2. Past

    あれ、 げんかん に かぎ を かけた っけ？

    Hm, did I lock the front door?

  3. Te-form

    ねる まえ に、 まど に も かぎ を かけて ください。

    Before bed, please lock the windows too.

  4. Potential

    この ドア は なか から かぎ が かけられません。

    This door can't be locked from the inside.

  5. Want to

    じぶん の へや に かぎ を かけたい。

    I want to be able to lock my own room.

  6. Volitional

    じてんしゃ に ちゃんと かぎ を かけよう。

    Let's lock the bike properly.

  7. Conditional

    かぎ を かければ、 あんしん して ねられる。

    If you lock up, you can sleep without worry.

  8. Commands and requests

    さいご の ひと は、 かぎ を かけなさい。

    The last one out, lock the door.

  9. Passive and causative

    トイレ に かぎ を かけられて、 はいれなかった。

    Someone locked the toilet and I couldn't get in.

Good to know

  • かぎ を かける is to lock; かぎ を あける is to unlock, and かぎ が かかって いる means it is locked.

Verbs like this one

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