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JAPANESE VERB

しゅっせき する

出席 する

to attend

  • #344 most used
  • する verb

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI attend
NegativeI don’t attend

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI attended
NegativeI didn’t attend

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formattending, and…
Doing now (て います)I am attending
Please (て ください)please attend

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can attend
NegativeI can’t attend

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to attend
NegativeI don’t want to attend

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s attend

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am attended
CausativeI make someone attend

How to use しゅっせき する

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

  1. Present and future

    あした の かいぎ に しゅっせき します か。

    Are you attending tomorrow's meeting?

  2. Past

    せんしゅう、 ともだち の けっこんしき に しゅっせき した。

    Last week I attended a friend's wedding.

  3. Te-form

    ちち は まいとし どうそうかい に しゅっせき して います。

    My father attends the class reunion every year.

  4. Potential

    ざんねん です が、 パーティー に しゅっせき できません。

    I'm sorry, but I can't attend the party.

  5. Want to

    むすめ の はっぴょうかい に しゅっせき したい。

    I want to attend my daughter's recital.

  6. Volitional

    こんど の せつめいかい に いっしょ に しゅっせき しよう。

    Let's attend the next information session together.

  7. Conditional

    しゅっせき すれば、 ぶちょう も よろこびます よ。

    If you attend, the department head will be pleased too.

  8. Commands and requests

    じゅぎょう に は ちゃんと しゅっせき しなさい。

    Attend your classes properly.

  9. Passive and causative

    かいしゃ は しゃいん ぜんいん を けんしゅう に しゅっせき させます。

    The company has every employee attend the training.

Good to know

  • に しゅっせき する: かいぎ に しゅっせき する, to attend a meeting.

Where you hear しゅっせき する

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

Japanese · Intermediate Level 2

  • まいとし、 ぼうねんかい に しゅっせき します。 I attend the year-end party every year.
  • けっこんしき に しゅっせき した。 I attended the wedding.
  • あや さん と しゅっせき します。 I'll attend with Aya.
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Intermediate Level 2 · しゅっせき する

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