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JAPANESE VERB

き に いる

気に入る

to like something, to be pleased with it

  • #204 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 like something
NegativeI don’t like something

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI liked something
NegativeI didn’t like something

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formliking something, and…
Doing now (て います)I am liking something
Please (て ください)please like something

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can like something
NegativeI can’t like something

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to like something
NegativeI don’t want to like something

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s like something

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am liked something
CausativeI make someone like something

How to use き に いる

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

  1. Present and future

    この バッグ、 き に いる と いい な。

    I hope she likes this bag.

  2. Past

    ゆい は その ゆびわ が いちばん き に いった。

    Yui liked that ring best.

  3. Te-form

    ベン は この まち が き に いって いる。

    Ben really likes this town.

  4. Potential

    どちら か ひとつ しか き に いれない の？

    Can you only like one of them?

  5. Want to

    この へや を き に いりたい けど、 せますぎる。

    I want to like this room, but it's too small.

  6. Volitional

    き に いろう と いるまい と、 これ しか ない。

    Like it or not, this is all there is.

  7. Conditional

    き に いったら、 かって も いい よ。

    If you like it, you can buy it.

  8. Commands and requests

    たかかった ん だ から、 き に いりなさい ね。

    It was expensive, so you'd better like it!

  9. Passive and causative

    ベン は さとう さん に き に いられて いる。

    Ben is well liked by Mrs. Sato.

Good to know

  • What you like takes が: この へや が き に いった. Usually heard in the past or with いる: き に いって いる.

Where you hear き に いる

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

Japanese · Intermediate Level 1

  • この マフラー が き に いって る。 I like this scarf.
  • その プレゼント が すごく き に いった。 I really liked that present.
  • この ネックレス は ゆい も き に いる と おもう。 I think Yui will like this necklace too.
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Christmas

Intermediate Level 1 · うん。 き に いった？

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