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JAPANESE VERB

つづく

続く

to follow on, to continue

  • #213 most used
  • Godan verb (u-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI follow on
NegativeI don’t follow on

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI followed on
NegativeI didn’t follow on

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formfollowing on, and…
Doing now (て います)I am following on
Please (て ください)please follow on

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can follow on
NegativeI can’t follow on

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to follow on
NegativeI don’t want to follow on

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s follow on

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am followed on
CausativeI make someone follow on

How to use つづく

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

  1. Present and future

    この あつさ は、 らいしゅう まで つづきます。

    This heat will last until next week.

  2. Past

    かいぎ は よる の はちじ まで つづいた。

    The meeting went on until eight at night.

  3. Te-form

    あめ の ひ が いっしゅうかん つづいて いる。

    It's been raining for a week.

  4. Potential

    みち が つづいて いる かぎり、 あるけます。

    As long as the road goes on, I can walk.

  5. Want to

    いい てんき が つづく うち に、 せんたく したい。

    While the good weather lasts, I want to do the washing.

  6. Volitional

    はなし は つづく けど、 きょう は ここ まで に しよう。

    There's more to the story, but let's stop here today.

  7. Conditional

    ねつ が みっか つづいたら、 びょういん に いって。

    If the fever lasts three days, go to the hospital.

  8. Commands and requests

    つぎ に つづく ひと は、 ここ で まちなさい。

    Those following next, wait here.

  9. Passive and causative

    この まつり は、 ひゃくねん いじょう つづいて いる と いわれる。

    This festival is said to have gone on for over a hundred years.

Good to know

  • つづく is for what goes on by itself: あめ が つづく, the rain keeps up; つづける is to keep something going.
  • Things go on by themselves, so where a form isn't used, the sentence shows つづく beside another verb.

Where you hear つづく

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

Japanese · Intermediate Level 2

  • ごかぞく は いつも うしろ に つづきます。 The families always follow behind.
  • わたし は ちち と はは の うしろ に つづきました。 I followed behind my father and mother.
  • あした は、 そうた が うしろ に つづく よ。 Tomorrow, Sota will follow behind.
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The Rehearsal

Intermediate Level 2 · つづく

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The Ceremony

Intermediate Level 2 · つづいて

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Verbs like this one

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