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JAPANESE VERB

かよう

通う

to commute, to go regularly

  • #318 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 commute
NegativeI don’t commute

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI commuted
NegativeI didn’t commute

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formcommuting, and…
Doing now (て います)I am commuting
Please (て ください)please commute

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can commute
NegativeI can’t commute

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s commute

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am commuted
CausativeI make someone commute

How to use かよう

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

  1. Present and future

    むすめ は じてんしゃ で がっこう に かよいます。

    My daughter goes to school by bike.

  2. Past

    こども の ころ、 すいえい きょうしつ に かよった。

    When I was a kid, I went to swimming lessons.

  3. Te-form

    しゅう に にかい、 ジム に かよって います。

    I go to the gym twice a week.

  4. Potential

    いえ から だいがく に かよえます か。

    Can you commute to university from home?

  5. Want to

    らいねん から りょうり きょうしつ に かよいたい。

    From next year I want to take cooking classes.

  6. Volitional

    いっしょ に おなじ ジム に かよおう よ。

    Let's go to the same gym together.

  7. Conditional

    まいにち かよえば、 すぐ じょうず に なる。

    If you go every day, you'll get good quickly.

  8. Commands and requests

    やすまないで、 ちゃんと がっこう に かよいなさい。

    Go to school properly, without skipping.

  9. Passive and causative

    はは は わたし を ピアノ きょうしつ に かよわせました。

    My mother made me go to piano lessons.

Good to know

  • かよう takes に for the place you go to: がっこう に かよう, ジム に かよう; and で for how you get there.

Verbs like this one

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