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JAPANESE VERB

すかれる

好かれる

to be liked, to be loved

  • Ichidan verb (ru-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI am liked
NegativeI am not liked

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI was liked
NegativeI was not liked

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formbeing liked, and…
Doing now (て います)I am being liked
Please (て ください)please be liked

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can be liked
NegativeI can’t be liked

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to be liked
NegativeI don’t want to be liked

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s be liked

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
Passive
Causative

How to use すかれる

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

  1. Present and future

    けんた さん は こども に すかれます。

    Kenta is liked by children.

  2. Past

    がくせい の とき、 せんせい に すかれました。

    When I was a student, the teachers liked me.

  3. Te-form

    あの てんいん は おきゃくさん に すかれて いる。

    That shop assistant is liked by the customers.

  4. Potential

    みんな に すかれる こと は できません。

    You can't be liked by everyone.

  5. Want to

    ゆい さん に すかれたい。

    I want Yui to like me.

  6. Volitional

    むり に すかれよう と しないで。

    Don't try so hard to be liked.

  7. Conditional

    どうりょう に すかれれば、 しごと が らく に なる。

    If your colleagues like you, work gets easier.

  8. Commands and requests

    すかれなさい なんて、 いえません ね。

    You can't tell someone to be liked, can you?

  9. Passive and causative

    あに は どこ でも ひと に すかれる。

    My brother is liked wherever he goes.

Good to know

  • すかれる is the passive of すく (to like): みんな に すかれる, to be liked by everyone. A verb that is already passive has no passive of its own; its last table repeats the plain form.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: ichidan verb (ru-verb).