Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI put | ||
| NegativeI don’t put |
JAPANESE VERB
置く
to put
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI put | ||
| NegativeI don’t put |
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI put | ||
| NegativeI didn’t put |
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formputting, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am putting | ||
| Please (て ください)please put |
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can put | ||
| NegativeI can’t put |
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to put | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to put |
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s put |
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 put | ||
| CausativeI make someone put |
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
かぎ は いつも ここ に おきます。
I always put the key here.
かばん は いす の うえ に おいた。
I put my bag on the chair.
にもつ は げんかん に おいて ください。
Please leave your luggage in the entrance.
じてんしゃ は ここ に おけます か?
Can I leave my bicycle here?
テレビ は まど の ちかく に おきたい。
I want to put the TV near the window.
はな は テーブル の うえ に おこう。
Let's put the flowers on the table.
ここ に おけば、 わすれません よ。
If you put it here, you won't forget it.
あぶない から、 ナイフ を おきなさい。
It's dangerous, put the knife down.
つくえ の うえ に メモ が おかれて いました。
A note had been left on the desk.
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Beginner Level 2 · おきます · おいて ください · おきました
Intermediate Level 1 · て おく · きれい に して おく · して おかなきゃ · おかなきゃ
Intermediate Level 2 · おく
Intermediate Level 2 · おけば
Intermediate Level 2 · おこう
The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).