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JAPANESE VERB

かける

to spend, of time

  • #54 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 spend
NegativeI don’t spend

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI spent
NegativeI didn’t spend

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formspending, and…
Doing now (て います)I am spending
Please (て ください)please spend

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can spend
NegativeI can’t spend

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s spend

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am spent
CausativeI make someone spend

How to use かける

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

  1. Present and future

    はは は おせち に みっか かけます。

    My mother spends three days on the New Year food.

  2. Past

    この レポート に いっしゅうかん かけた。

    I spent a week on this report.

  3. Te-form

    じかん を かけて、 ゆっくり えらんで ください。

    Take your time and choose slowly.

  4. Potential

    この しごと に は いちにち しか かけられない。

    I can only spend one day on this job.

  5. Want to

    りょこう の けいかく に もっと じかん を かけたい です。

    I want to spend more time planning the trip.

  6. Volitional

    この しごと に は じゅうぶん じかん を かけよう。

    Let's give this job plenty of time.

  7. Conditional

    じかん を かければ、 じょうず に なります よ。

    If you put the time in, you'll get good at it.

  8. Commands and requests

    いそがないで、 もっと じかん を かけなさい。

    Don't rush, spend more time on it.

  9. Passive and causative

    じょうし は わたし に その しごと に にしゅうかん かけさせました。

    My boss let me spend two weeks on that job.

Good to know

  • The time goes before the verb and the thing it is spent on takes に: おせち に みっか かける.

Where you hear かける

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Japanese · Beginner Level 3

  • まいとし、 おせち に みっか かけます。 Every year, I spend three days on the New Year food.
  • ことし は みっか かけて つくりました。 This year, I spent three days making it.
  • らいしゅう は しけん の べんきょう に じかん を かけます。 Next week, I'll spend time studying for the exam.

Japanese · Intermediate Level 2

  • まず、 いし に みず を かけます。 First, we pour water over the stone.
  • いし に みず を かけた。 I poured water over the stone.
  • らいねん も、 ぼく が みず を かける。 Next year I'll pour the water again.
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