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JAPANESE VERB

からかう

to tease

  • #256 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 tease
NegativeI don’t tease

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI teased
NegativeI didn’t tease

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formteasing, and…
Doing now (て います)I am teasing
Please (て ください)please tease

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can tease
NegativeI can’t tease

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s tease

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am teased
CausativeI make someone tease

How to use からかう

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

  1. Present and future

    けんた は いつも わたし を からかいます。

    Kenta's always teasing me.

  2. Past

    ベン の にほんご を すこし からかった。

    I teased Ben a bit about his Japanese.

  3. Te-form

    いもうと を からかって、 なかせて しまった。

    I teased my little sister and made her cry.

  4. Potential

    あの せんぱい は、 こわくて からかえません。

    That senior is scary, you can't tease him.

  5. Want to

    ベン の あかい かお を みる と、 からかいたく なる。

    When I see Ben's red face, I want to tease him.

  6. Volitional

    ちょっと からかおう と おもった だけ だ よ。

    I only meant to tease you a little.

  7. Conditional

    からかえば、 すぐ おこる よ。

    If you tease him, he gets angry straight away.

  8. Commands and requests

    おとうと を そんな に からかわないで。

    Don't tease your little brother like that.

  9. Passive and causative

    カナダ の アクセント を、 ともだち に からかわれた。

    My friends teased me about my Canadian accent.

Good to know

  • からかう is friendly teasing; いじめる is bullying.

Where you hear からかう

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

Japanese · Intermediate Level 2

  • ベン を からかう の は たのしい です。 Teasing Ben is fun.
  • きのう、 そうた を からかった。 Yesterday I teased Sota.
  • あした、 スピーチ で ベン を からかう よ。 Tomorrow, in my speech, I'll tease Ben.
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The Family Arrives

Intermediate Level 2 · からかわれた

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Verbs like this one

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