Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI travel | ||
| NegativeI don’t travel |
Conjugation
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Past
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI traveled | ||
| NegativeI didn’t travel |
Te-form
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formtraveling, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am traveling | ||
| Please (て ください)please travel |
Potential
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can travel | ||
| NegativeI can’t travel |
Want to
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to travel | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to travel |
Volitional
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s travel |
Conditional
条件形 · “if” and “when”
- If (ば) if I travel
- If, when (たら) if I travel
Commands and requests
命令形 · from gentle to blunt
- Do it (なさい) travel (do it)
- Plain command travel!
- Please don’t please don’t travel
Passive and causative
受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| PassiveI am traveled | ||
| CausativeI make someone travel |
How to use りょこう する
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present and future
まいとし なつ に かぞく で りょこう します。
Every summer we travel as a family.
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Past
がくせい の とき、 ヨーロッパ を りょこう した。
When I was a student, I travelled around Europe.
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Te-form
いま、 ともだち と きゅうしゅう を りょこう して います。
I'm travelling around Kyushu with a friend right now.
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Potential
ことし は いそがしくて、 りょこう できない。
I'm too busy this year to travel.
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Want to
いつか ベン さん の くに を りょこう したい。
One day I want to travel around your country, Ben.
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Volitional
らいねん の はる、 ふたり で きょうと を りょこう しよう。
Next spring, let's travel to Kyoto together.
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Conditional
へいじつ に りょこう すれば、 ホテル が やすい。
If you travel on weekdays, hotels are cheap.
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Commands and requests
わかい うち に たくさん りょこう しなさい。
Travel a lot while you're young.
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Passive and causative
りょうしん は わたし に ひとり で りょこう させて くれた。
My parents let me travel alone.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: する verb.