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JAPANESE VERB

うける

受ける

to take, an exam

  • #339 most used
  • Ichidan verb (ru-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI take
NegativeI don’t take

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI took
NegativeI didn’t take

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formtaking, and…
Doing now (て います)I am taking
Please (て ください)please take

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can take
NegativeI can’t take

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s take

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am taken
CausativeI make someone take

How to use うける

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

  1. Present and future

    らいげつ、 にほんご の しけん を うける。

    Next month I'm taking the Japanese exam.

  2. Past

    ベン さん は きのう めんせつ を うけました。

    Ben had an interview yesterday.

  3. Te-form

    いま、 ベン は しけん を うけて いる。

    Ben is taking the exam right now.

  4. Potential

    この しけん は ねん に にかい うけられます。

    You can take this exam twice a year.

  5. Want to

    ぼく も えいご の しけん を うけたい。

    I want to take the English exam too.

  6. Volitional

    いっしょに りょうり の じゅぎょう を うけましょう。

    Let's take the cooking class together.

  7. Conditional

    しけん を うければ、 じしん が つく よ。

    If you take the exam, you'll gain confidence.

  8. Commands and requests

    けんた、 ちゃんと けんこうしんだん を うけなさい。

    Kenta, go and get your health check properly.

  9. Passive and causative

    せんせい は がくせい に テスト を うけさせました。

    The teacher had the students take a test.

Good to know

  • しけん を うける is to sit an exam, じゅぎょう を うける to take a class, めんせつ を うける to have an interview.

Where you hear うける

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Japanese · Beginner Level 3

  • まいとし、 たくさん の ひと が しけん を うけます。 Every year, lots of people take the exam.
  • しちがつ に しけん を うけました。 I took the exam in July.
  • ぼく は らいねん うけます。 I'll take it next year.

Japanese · Intermediate Level 1

  • きょう は オンライン で じゅぎょう を うけます。 Today I'm taking a class online.
  • きょねん、 にほんご の しけん を うけた。 Last year I took a Japanese exam.
  • しちがつ に しけん を うけよう と おもって る。 I'm thinking of taking the exam in July.
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New Year's Day

Beginner Level 3 · しけん を うけます · うけます · うけたい

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I've Decided

Beginner Level 3 · うける

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Skiing

Beginner Level 3 · うけた · いっしょに うけましょう！

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Valentine's Day

Beginner Level 3 · うけました

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The Celebration

Beginner Level 3 · うけて

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Something Serious

Intermediate Level 1 · うけよう

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N3

Intermediate Level 2 · うけます

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Verbs like this one

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