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JAPANESE VERB

こんやく する

婚約する

to get engaged

  • #265 most used
  • する verb

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI get engaged
NegativeI don’t get engaged

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI got engaged
NegativeI didn’t get engaged

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formgetting engaged, and…
Doing now (て います)I am getting engaged
Please (て ください)please get engaged

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can get engaged
NegativeI can’t get engaged

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to get engaged
NegativeI don’t want to get engaged

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s get engaged

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am gotten engaged
CausativeI make someone get engaged

How to use こんやく する

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

  1. Present and future

    ゆい と けんた は らいげつ こんやく します。

    Yui and Kenta are getting engaged next month.

  2. Past

    ぼく たち、 こんやく した ん だ。

    We got engaged!

  3. Te-form

    ふたり は きょねん から こんやく して いる。

    The two have been engaged since last year.

  4. Potential

    りょうしん の ゆるし なし で は こんやく できない。

    I can't get engaged without my parents' blessing.

  5. Want to

    はる に なったら、 こんやく したい。

    I want to get engaged when spring comes.

  6. Volitional

    ゆい、 ぼく と こんやく しよう。

    Yui, let's get engaged.

  7. Conditional

    こんやく したら、 さとう さん に あいさつ に いこう。

    Once we're engaged, let's go and pay our respects to Mrs. Sato.

  8. Commands and requests

    あわてて こんやく しないで ください。

    Please don't rush into getting engaged.

  9. Passive and causative

    むすめ に かって に こんやく されて、 おどろいた。

    My daughter got engaged without telling me, and I was shocked.

Where you hear こんやく する

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

Japanese · Intermediate Level 1

  • はる に は こんやく する ひと が おおい。 Lots of people get engaged in spring.
  • わたしたち、 こんやく した の。 We got engaged.
  • ぼく も いつか こんやく する。 I'll get engaged one day too.

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