Skip to content
fluentbyear

JAPANESE VERB

つきあう

付き合う

to go out with

  • #259 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 go out with
NegativeI don’t go out with

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI went out with
NegativeI didn’t go out with

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formgoing out with, and…
Doing now (て います)I am going out with
Please (て ください)please go out with

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can go out with
NegativeI can’t go out with

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to go out with
NegativeI don’t want to go out with

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s go out with

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am gone out with
CausativeI make someone go out with

How to use つきあう

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

  1. Present and future

    ふたり は いま つきあって います か？

    Are those two going out now?

  2. Past

    だいがく の とき、 さんねん つきあった。

    We went out for three years at university.

  3. Te-form

    ちょっと かいもの に つきあって ください。

    Come shopping with me a moment, would you?

  4. Potential

    あの ひと と は つきあえません。

    I couldn't go out with that person.

  5. Want to

    ゆい と ずっと つきあいたい。

    I want to go out with Yui for a long time.

  6. Volitional

    こんばん は いっぱい つきあおう。

    Let's go for a drink together tonight.

  7. Conditional

    かれ と つきあえば、 たのしい と おもう よ。

    If you went out with him, I think you'd have fun.

  8. Commands and requests

    わるい ひと と つきあわないで ください。

    Please don't go around with bad people.

  9. Passive and causative

    いもうと を かいもの に つきあわせました。

    I made my sister come shopping with me.

Good to know

  • つきあう is also to keep someone company: かいもの に つきあう, "to go shopping with someone".

Where you hear つきあう

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

Japanese · Beginner Level 2

  • ゆい さん と つきあって います。 I'm going out with Yui.
  • きょねん、 かのじょ と つきあいました。 I went out with a girl last year.
  • いつか、 かのじょ と つきあいます！ Someday, I'll have a girlfriend!
27
By the River

Beginner Level 2 · つきあって · つきあって ください。 · つきあって います

Needs a subscription

Verbs like this one

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