Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI wake someone up | ||
| NegativeI don’t wake someone up |
JAPANESE VERB
起こす
to wake someone up
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI wake someone up | ||
| NegativeI don’t wake someone up |
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI woke someone up | ||
| NegativeI didn’t wake someone up |
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formwaking someone up, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am waking someone up | ||
| Please (て ください)please wake someone up |
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can wake someone up | ||
| NegativeI can’t wake someone up |
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to wake someone up | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to wake someone up |
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s wake someone 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 woken someone up | ||
| CausativeI make someone wake someone up |
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
しちじ に おこします から、 あんしん して ね。
I'll wake you at seven, so don't worry.
けさ は いぬ が わたし を おこした。
This morning the dog woke me up.
あした は ろくじ に おこして ください。
Please wake me at six tomorrow.
ねぼう の おとうと は、 なかなか おこせない。
My sleepyhead brother is hard to wake.
きもちよさそう に ねて いる から、 おこしたくない。
He's sleeping so peacefully I don't want to wake him.
そろそろ こども たち を おこそう か。
Shall we wake the children now?
いま おこせば、 でんしゃ に まにあいます。
If you wake him now, he'll make the train.
おにいちゃん を おこしなさい。 もう はちじ です よ。
Wake your brother. It's eight already.
まよなか に でんわ で おこされた。
I was woken in the middle of the night by a phone call.
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).