Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI see someone home | ||
| NegativeI don’t see someone home |
JAPANESE VERB
おくって いく
送って いく
to see someone home
- #305 most used
- Godan verb (u-verb)
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI saw someone home | ||
| NegativeI didn’t see someone home |
Te-form
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formseeing someone home, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am seeing someone home | ||
| Please (て ください)please see someone home |
Potential
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can see someone home | ||
| NegativeI can’t see someone home |
Want to
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to see someone home | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to see someone home |
Volitional
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s see someone home |
Conditional
条件形 · “if” and “when”
- If (ば) if I see someone home
- If, when (たら) if I see someone home
Commands and requests
命令形 · from gentle to blunt
- Do it (なさい) see someone home (do it)
- Plain command see someone home!
- Please don’t please don’t see someone home
Passive and causative
受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| PassiveI am seen someone home | ||
| CausativeI make someone see someone home |
How to use おくって いく
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present and future
おそい から、 えき まで おくって いきます。
It's late, so I'll see you to the station.
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Past
きのう は さとう さん を いえ まで おくって いった。
Yesterday I saw Mrs. Sato home.
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Te-form
くらい から、 おくって いって あげて。
It's dark, so see her home.
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Potential
きょう は くるま が ない から、 おくって いけません。
I don't have the car today, so I can't take you.
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Want to
ひとり で かえらせたくない。 おくって いきたい。
I don't want to let her go home alone. I want to see her home.
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Volitional
ベン、 さとう さん を バスてい まで おくって いこう。
Ben, let's see Mrs. Sato to the bus stop.
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Conditional
おくって いけば、 あんしん でしょう。
If I see you home, you'll feel safe, won't you?
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Commands and requests
おんなのこ は、 いえ まで おくって いきなさい。
See a girl all the way home.
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Passive and causative
むすこ に、 おばあちゃん を えき まで おくって いかせた。
I had my son see Grandma to the station.
Good to know
- おくる is to see someone off or take them somewhere; おくって いく is to go along with them.
Where you hear おくって いく
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Japanese · Intermediate Level 2
- いつも みお を えき まで おくって いく。 I always walk Mio to the station.
- きのう、 みお を うち まで おくって いった。 Yesterday I saw Mio home.
- こんや、 みお を おくって いく よ。 Tonight I'll see Mio home.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).