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JAPANESE VERB

れんらく する

連絡 する

to get in touch

  • #148 most used
  • する verb

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI get in touch
NegativeI don’t get in touch

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI got in touch
NegativeI didn’t get in touch

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formgetting in touch, and…
Doing now (て います)I am getting in touch
Please (て ください)please get in touch

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can get in touch
NegativeI can’t get in touch

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to get in touch
NegativeI don’t want to get in touch

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s get in touch

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I get in touch
  2. If, when (たら) if I get in touch

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) get in touch (do it)
  2. Plain command get in touch!
  3. Please don’t please don’t get in touch

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am gotten in touch
CausativeI make someone get in touch

How to use れんらく する

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

  1. Present and future

    ついたら すぐ れんらく します。

    I'll get in touch as soon as I arrive.

  2. Past

    おくれる と かいしゃ に れんらく した。

    I told the office I'd be late.

  3. Te-form

    なにか あったら、 すぐ れんらく して ください。

    If anything happens, please contact me right away.

  4. Potential

    でんぱ が なくて、 れんらく できなかった。

    There was no signal and I couldn't get in touch.

  5. Want to

    むかし の しんゆう に れんらく したい。

    I want to get in touch with an old best friend.

  6. Volitional

    じかん が きまったら、 みんな に れんらく しよう。

    Once the time is set, let's let everyone know.

  7. Conditional

    まえもって れんらく すれば、 まって くれます よ。

    If you let them know in advance, they'll wait for you.

  8. Commands and requests

    つく じかん が わかったら、 れんらく しなさい。

    When you know what time you arrive, let me know.

  9. Passive and causative

    こうこう の どうきゅうせい に とつぜん れんらく された。

    An old high-school classmate suddenly got in touch with me.

Good to know

  • れんらく する covers a call, a message or an email; the person takes に.

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