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JAPANESE VERB

しく

敷く

to spread out, a sheet or a futon

  • #453 most used
  • Godan verb (u-verb)

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI spread out
NegativeI don’t spread out

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI spread out
NegativeI didn’t spread out

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formspreading out, and…
Doing now (て います)I am spreading out
Please (て ください)please spread out

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can spread out
NegativeI can’t spread out

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to spread out
NegativeI don’t want to spread out

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s spread out

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I spread out
  2. If, when (たら) if I spread out

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) spread out (do it)
  2. Plain command spread out!
  3. Please don’t please don’t spread out

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am spread out
CausativeI make someone spread out

How to use しく

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

  1. Present and future

    よる、 けんた が ふとん を しきます。

    At night Kenta lays out the futons.

  2. Past

    こうえん に シート を しいた。

    I spread a sheet out in the park.

  3. Te-form

    ふとん は もう しいて あります。

    The futons are already laid out.

  4. Potential

    この へや に ふとん は ふたつ しけます。

    You can lay two futons in this room.

  5. Want to

    げんかん に あたらしい マット を しきたい です。

    I want to put a new mat in the entrance hall.

  6. Volitional

    はなみ の ばしょ に シート を しこう。

    Let's spread a sheet at the blossom-viewing spot.

  7. Conditional

    ざぶとん を しけば、 らく です よ。

    If you put a cushion down, it's comfortable.

  8. Commands and requests

    ねる まえ に ふとん を しきなさい。

    Lay out your futon before bed.

  9. Passive and causative

    りょかん で は ふとん が ゆうがた に しかれます。

    At the inn the futons are laid out in the evening.

Where you hear しく

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Japanese · Beginner Level 3

  • よる、 けんた が ふとん を しきます。 At night, Kenta lays out the futons.
  • さくら の き の した に シート を しきました。 I spread out a sheet under the cherry tree.
  • あした の あさ、 シート を しきます。 Tomorrow morning, I'll spread out the sheet.
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Cherry Blossoms

Beginner Level 3 · しきましょう

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The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).