Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI get married | ||
| NegativeI don’t get married |
JAPANESE VERB
けっこん する
結婚 する
to get married
- #160 most used
- する verb
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI got married | ||
| NegativeI didn’t get married |
Te-form
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formgetting married, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am getting married | ||
| Please (て ください)please get married |
Potential
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can get married | ||
| NegativeI can’t get married |
Want to
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to get married | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to get married |
Volitional
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s get married |
Conditional
条件形 · “if” and “when”
- If (ば) if I get married
- If, when (たら) if I get married
Commands and requests
命令形 · from gentle to blunt
- Do it (なさい) get married (do it)
- Plain command get married!
- Please don’t please don’t get married
Passive and causative
受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| PassiveI am gotten married | ||
| CausativeI make someone get married |
How to use けっこん する
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present and future
らいねん の はる、 けっこん します。
We're getting married next spring.
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Past
あね は きょねん けっこん しました。
My older sister got married last year.
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Te-form
ベン さん は けっこん して います か。
Are you married, Ben?
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Potential
にじゅっさい で けっこん できます か。
Can you get married at twenty?
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Want to
やさしい ひと と けっこん したい です。
I want to marry someone kind.
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Volitional
わたし たち、 けっこん しよう。
Let's get married.
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Conditional
けっこん したら、 どこ に すみます か。
Once you're married, where will you live?
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Commands and requests
はやく けっこん しなさい と はは が いいます。
My mother says, hurry up and get married.
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Passive and causative
せんせい は せんげつ けっこん されました。
The teacher got married last month.
Good to know
- Who you marry takes と: ゆい と けっこん します. "I'm married" is けっこん して います.
- けっこん されました in the passive sentence is the polite (honorific) use of that form.
Where you hear けっこん する
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Japanese · Beginner Level 1
- あね は けっこん して います。 My older sister is married.
- あね は けっこん しました。 My older sister got married.
- ともだち は らいねん けっこん します。 My friend will get married next year.
Japanese · Intermediate Level 1
- あき に けっこん する ひと が おおい。 Lots of people get married in autumn.
- わたしたち は きょうと で けっこん しました。 We got married in Kyoto.
- じゅういちがつ に けっこん する。 We're getting married in November.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: する verb.