Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI take a person somewhere | ||
| NegativeI don’t take a person somewhere |
JAPANESE VERB
つれて いく
連れて いく
to take a person somewhere
- #132 most used
- Godan verb (u-verb)
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI took a person somewhere | ||
| NegativeI didn’t take a person somewhere |
Te-form
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formtaking a person somewhere, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am taking a person somewhere | ||
| Please (て ください)please take a person somewhere |
Potential
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can take a person somewhere | ||
| NegativeI can’t take a person somewhere |
Want to
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to take a person somewhere | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to take a person somewhere |
Volitional
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s take a person somewhere |
Conditional
条件形 · “if” and “when”
- If (ば) if I take a person somewhere
- If, when (たら) if I take a person somewhere
Commands and requests
命令形 · from gentle to blunt
- Do it (なさい) take a person somewhere (do it)
- Plain command take a person somewhere!
- Please don’t please don’t take a person somewhere
Passive and causative
受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| PassiveI am taken a person somewhere | ||
| CausativeI make someone take a person somewhere |
How to use つれて いく
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present and future
にちようび に こども を どうぶつえん に つれて いきます。
On Sunday I'm taking the kids to the zoo.
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Past
ベン を はじめて おんせん に つれて いった。
I took Ben to a hot spring for the first time.
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Te-form
メープル を さんぽ に つれて いって ください。
Please take Maple for a walk.
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Potential
いぬ は でんしゃ に つれて いける？
Can you take a dog on the train?
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Want to
りょうしん を きょうと に つれて いきたい です。
I want to take my parents to Kyoto.
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Volitional
こんど ベン を つり に つれて いこう。
Next time let's take Ben fishing.
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Conditional
こども を つれて いけば、 わりびき が あります。
If you take children, there's a discount.
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Commands and requests
おとうと も つれて いきなさい。
Take your little brother too.
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Passive and causative
こども の ころ、 よく つり に つれて いかれました。
As a child, I was often taken fishing.
Good to know
- つれて いく takes someone away from here; つれて くる brings them here.
Where you hear つれて いく
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Japanese · Beginner Level 3
- にちようび は いつも まご を こうえん へ つれて いきます。 On Sundays, I always take my grandson to the park.
- せんしゅう、 おばあちゃん を うえの へ つれて いきました。 Last week, I took Grandma to Ueno.
- しがつ に、 りょうしん を うえの へ つれて いきます。 In April, I'll take my parents to Ueno.
Japanese · Intermediate Level 2
- みお を よく サークル に つれて いく。 I often take Mio to the football club.
- ゆい が こども の とき、 よく じんじゃ に つれて いった。 When Yui was a child, I often took her to the shrine.
- ベン さん の おかあさん を こけでら に つれて いきます。 I'll take Ben's mother to the moss temple.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).