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JAPANESE VERB

むかえ に いく

迎えに行く

to go and pick someone up

  • #303 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 go and pick someone up
NegativeI don’t go and pick someone up

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI went and pick someone up
NegativeI didn’t go and pick someone up

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formgoing and pick someone up, and…
Doing now (て います)I am going and pick someone up
Please (て ください)please go and pick someone up

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can go and pick someone up
NegativeI can’t go and pick someone up

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to go and pick someone up
NegativeI don’t want to go and pick someone up

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s go and pick someone up

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I go and pick someone up
  2. If, when (たら) if I go and pick someone up

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) go and pick someone up (do it)
  2. Plain command go and pick someone up!
  3. Please don’t please don’t go and pick someone up

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am gone and pick someone up
CausativeI make someone go and pick someone up

How to use むかえ に いく

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

  1. Present and future

    まいにち、 ほいくえん に むすめ を むかえ に いきます。

    Every day I go and pick my daughter up from nursery.

  2. Past

    えき まで、 おばあちゃん を むかえ に いった。

    I went to the station to pick Grandma up.

  3. Te-form

    ちち が えき に むかえ に いって います。

    Dad has gone to the station to pick them up.

  4. Potential

    しごと で、 きょう は むかえ に いけません。

    Because of work I can't come and pick you up today.

  5. Want to

    くうこう まで ベン を むかえ に いきたい。

    I want to go to the airport to meet Ben.

  6. Volitional

    あめ が ふって きた。 くるま で むかえ に いこう。

    It's started raining. Let's go and get them by car.

  7. Conditional

    むかえ に いけば、 こども は よろこぶ よ。

    If you go and pick her up, she'll be delighted.

  8. Commands and requests

    おとうさん を えき に むかえ に いきなさい。

    Go and pick your father up from the station.

  9. Passive and causative

    むすこ に くるま で むかえ に いかせた。

    I had my son drive over to pick them up.

Good to know

  • むかえ に くる is to come and pick someone up; むかえる alone is to welcome.
  • Whom you pick up takes を: くうこう に ともだち を むかえ に いく.

Verbs like this one

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