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JAPANESE VERB

うけとる

受け取る

to receive, a parcel

  • #461 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 receive
NegativeI don’t receive

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI received
NegativeI didn’t receive

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formreceiving, and…
Doing now (て います)I am receiving
Please (て ください)please receive

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can receive
NegativeI can’t receive

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s receive

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am received
CausativeI make someone receive

How to use うけとる

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

  1. Present and future

    にもつ は コンビニ で うけとります。

    I'll pick up the parcel at the convenience store.

  2. Past

    きのう、 ともだち から てがみ を うけとった。

    Yesterday I received a letter from a friend.

  3. Te-form

    チケット は いりぐち で うけとって ください。

    Please collect your tickets at the entrance.

  4. Potential

    へいじつ は ひるま に にもつ を うけとれません。

    On weekdays I can't take deliveries during the day.

  5. Want to

    なるべく はやく しょるい を うけとりたい。

    I'd like to receive the documents as soon as possible.

  6. Volitional

    ゆうびんきょく で いっしょ に うけとろう。

    Let's go and pick it up at the post office together.

  7. Conditional

    にもつ を うけとったら、 れんらく して ください。

    Once you've received the parcel, please let me know.

  8. Commands and requests

    わるく うけとらないで ください ね。

    Please don't take it the wrong way.

  9. Passive and causative

    じょうだん が ほんき に うけとられて しまった。

    My joke got taken seriously.

Good to know

  • うけとる is to take delivery of something, にもつ を うけとる, and also to take words a certain way: じょうだん を ほんき に うけとる.

Verbs like this one

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