JAPANESE VERB

きる

切る

to cut

Conjugation

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Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI cut
NegativeI don’t cut

finished actions

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI cut
NegativeI didn’t cut

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

可能形 · “can”

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI can cut
NegativeI can’t cut

たい形 · “want to”

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

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form	Polite	Plain
Let’slet’s cut

条件形 · “if” and “when”

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Form	Polite	Plain
PassiveI am cut
CausativeI make someone cut

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

Present and future

やさいをちいさく きります。

Cut the vegetables small.
Past

きのう、かみを きった。

I got my hair cut yesterday.
Te-form

ケーキをはっとうに きって ください。

Please cut the cake into eight pieces.
Potential

このナイフではにくが きれません。

You can't cut meat with this knife.
Want to

なつだから、かみをみじかく きりたい。

It's summer, I want to cut my hair short.
Volitional

でんわを きろう。でんしゃがきた。

Let's hang up. The train's here.
Conditional

うすく きれば、はやくにえます。

If you cut it thin, it cooks faster.
Commands and requests

てを きらない ように、ゆっくり きりなさい。

Cut slowly so you don't cut your hand.
Passive and causative

びよういんでかみをみじかくきられました。

At the hairdresser's they cut my hair too short.

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Beginner Level 2 · きります · きって · きってください · きりましょう

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