JAPANESE VERB

おきる

起きる

to get up

Conjugation

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

finished actions

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

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

可能形 · “can”

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

たい形 · “want to”

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

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form	Polite	Plain
Let’slet’s get up

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 gotten up
CausativeI make someone get up

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

Present and future

まいあさろくじに おきます。

I get up at six every morning.
Past

きょうはねぼうして、じゅうじに おきました。

Today I overslept and got up at ten.
Te-form

もう おきて いますか。

Are you up already?
Potential

ふゆはあさなかなか おきられません。

In winter I can hardly get up in the morning.
Want to

あしたはゆっくり おきたい です。

Tomorrow I want to sleep in.
Volitional

あしたはごじに おきよう。

Let's get up at five tomorrow.
Conditional

はやく おきれば、あさごはんがたべられます。

If you get up early, you can have breakfast.
Commands and requests

もうはちじだよ。 おきなさい！

It's eight already. Get up!
Passive and causative

あさはやくこどもにおきられて、ねむいです。

The kids got up early on me and now I'm sleepy.