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JAPANESE VERB

くる

来る

to come

  • #11 most used
  • くる verb

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI come
NegativeI don’t come

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI came
NegativeI didn’t come

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formcoming, and…
Doing now (て います)I am coming
Please (て ください)please come

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can come
NegativeI can’t come

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s come

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am come
CausativeI make someone come

How to use くる

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

  1. Present and future

    バス は なかなか きません ね。

    The bus just isn't coming, is it.

  2. Past

    ともだち が カナダ から あそび に きました。

    A friend came from Canada to visit.

  3. Te-form

    こんど、 うち に あそび に きて ください。

    Please come and visit us sometime.

  4. Potential

    あした の パーティー に こられます か。

    Can you come to tomorrow's party?

  5. Want to

    また にほん に きたい です。

    I want to come to Japan again.

  6. Volitional

    らいねん も いっしょ に ここ に こよう。

    Let's come here together next year too.

  7. Conditional

    けんた が きたら、 はじめましょう。

    When Kenta comes, let's start.

  8. Commands and requests

    あぶない から、 こっち に きなさい。

    It's dangerous, come over here.

  9. Passive and causative

    よる おそく、 ともだち に こられて こまりました。

    A friend came over late at night, which was a bother.

Good to know

  • Its forms are irregular: きます, きて, こない, こられる, こよう, こい.
  • もって くる is to bring something, つれて くる is to bring someone.

Where you hear くる

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

Japanese · Beginner Level 1

  • まいにち おきゃくさん が きます。 Guests come every day.
  • せんげつ にほん に きました。 I came to Japan last month.
  • どようび に かまくら へ きます。 I'll come to Kamakura on Saturday.

Japanese · Beginner Level 2

  • まいしゅう おおぜい の おきゃくさん が きます。 Many guests come every week.
  • きのう はこね に きました。 I came to Hakone yesterday.
  • らいねん も また きましょう。 Let's come again next year.
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The River at Night

Beginner Level 1 · きます · きません か？

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Lunch with the Family

Beginner Level 1 · きました · よく きました ね。

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Fireworks

Beginner Level 1 · きて · きて くれて

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A Phone Call About a Job

Beginner Level 2 · きて ください

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The Hot Spring

Beginner Level 2 · きましょう

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I've Decided

Beginner Level 3 · くる

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Valentine's Day

Beginner Level 3 · くる でしょう

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Haru's Farewell

Beginner Level 3 · きて よかった

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The Celebration

Beginner Level 3 · きたら · おいで

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Futsal

Intermediate Level 1 · こない

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Monday Morning

Intermediate Level 1 · きた

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The Open Day

Intermediate Level 1 · こなかった

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