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JAPANESE VERB

すく

好く

to like, to be liked by

  • Godan verb (u-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI like
NegativeI don’t like

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI liked
NegativeI didn’t like

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formliking, and…
Doing now (て います)I am liking
Please (て ください)please like

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can like
NegativeI can’t like

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s like

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am liked
CausativeI make someone like

How to use すく

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

  1. Present and future

    わたし は うそ を つく ひと を すかない。

    I don't like people who lie.

  2. Past

    むかし は、 だれ も あの まち を すかなかった。

    Back then, nobody liked that town.

  3. Te-form

    かのじょ を すいて いる ひと は おおい。

    Many people are fond of her.

  4. Potential

    あの てんいん の たいど は、 どう して も すけない。

    I just can't like that shop assistant's attitude.

  5. Want to

    この まち を もっと すきたい と おもって います。

    I'd like to grow fonder of this town.

  6. Volitional

    まず は、 じぶん じしん を すこう よ。

    First of all, let's like ourselves.

  7. Conditional

    ひと を すけば、 ひと に すかれる。

    If you like people, people like you.

  8. Commands and requests

    もっと じぶん の こと を すきなさい。

    Like yourself more.

  9. Passive and causative

    ゆい さん は だれ に でも すかれる。

    Yui is liked by everyone.

Good to know

  • すく itself is rarely said: "I like" is すき です. The verb lives on in its passive すかれる, to be liked: みんな に すかれる.
  • Don't mix it up with すく, to get empty: おなか が すいた is "I'm hungry".

Where you hear すく

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

Japanese · Intermediate Level 2

  • そうた は おきゃくさん に すかれて います。 The guests like Sota.
  • こども の とき、 ねこ に よく すかれた。 As a child, cats always liked me.
  • エマ さん は メープル に も すかれる よ。 Maple will like Emma too.

Verbs like this one

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