たどり着く

たどりつくtadoritsuku

make it to

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ku.

Conjugated like 聞く, つく, 書く, 巻く, 咲く, くっつく

Newbie

The polite forms to talk about now, the future, and the past, and the te-form of requests.

  1. Polite present · -masu

    What you do, usually or soon, said politely. Japanese has one form for the present and the future.

    1. affirmativeたどり着きますたどりつきますtadoritsukimasu
    2. negativeたどり着きませんたどりつきませんtadoritsukimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

    What you did, or did not do, said politely.

    1. affirmativeたどり着きましたたどりつきましたtadoritsukimashita
    2. negativeたどり着きませんでしたたどりつきませんでしたtadoritsukimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

    Links actions (and then…), and with ください asks politely.

    1. たどり着いてたどりついてtadoritsuite
    2. requestたどり着いてくださいたどりついてくださいtadoritsuite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. たどり着きましょうたどりつきましょうtadoritsukimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

    What you want to do. Add です to be polite.

    1. affirmativeたどり着きたいたどりつきたいtadoritsukitai
    2. negativeたどり着きたくないたどりつきたくないtadoritsukitakunai
BeginnerThe plain forms of everyday speech, what is going on, what you can do, conditions, and the passive.Plain present · dictionary form · Plain past · -ta · Ongoing · -te iru · Potential · If, when · -tara · PassiveAlso show the Beginner forms (6)

  1. Plain present · dictionary form

    Between friends and family, and before a noun or many phrases. It also says the future.

    1. affirmativeたどり着くたどりつくtadoritsuku
    2. negativeたどり着かないたどりつかないtadoritsukanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

    The past between friends and family, and before a noun.

    1. affirmativeたどり着いたたどりついたtadoritsuita
    2. negativeたどり着かなかったたどりつかなかったtadoritsukanakatta

  3. Ongoing · -te iru

    What is going on now, a habit, or a state that lasts: 結婚している, to be married.

    1. plainたどり着いているたどりついているtadoritsuite iru
    2. politeたどり着いていますたどりついていますtadoritsuite imasu

  4. Potential

    What you can do. Its object often takes が: 日本語が話せる.

    1. plainたどり着けるたどりつけるtadoritsukeru
    2. politeたどり着けますたどりつけますtadoritsukemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

    If or once something happens, and what you found when it did.

    1. たどり着いたらたどりついたらtadoritsuitara

  6. Passive

    What is done to someone, often to their regret: に marks who does it. It is also a respectful way to speak of others.

    1. plainたどり着かれるたどりつかれるtadoritsukareru
    2. politeたどり着かれますたどりつかれますtadoritsukaremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passiveAlso show the Intermediate forms (5)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

    Let’s, between friends; with と思う, what you intend to do.

    1. たどり着こうたどりつこうtadoritsukō

  2. Command

    A blunt order or ban (〜な), heard in sports, on signs, and between men. Politely, say 〜てください.

    1. orderたどり着けたどりつけtadoritsuke
    2. banたどり着くなたどりつくなtadoritsuku na

  3. Condition · -ba

    If…: the condition for what follows. In the negative, it also says what you must do: 〜なければならない.

    1. affirmativeたどり着けばたどりつけばtadoritsukeba
    2. negativeたどり着かなければたどりつかなければtadoritsukanakereba

  4. Causative

    Making or letting someone do something: に or を marks who does it.

    1. plainたどり着かせるたどりつかせるtadoritsukaseru
    2. politeたどり着かせますたどりつかせますtadoritsukasemasu

  5. Causative passive

    Being made to do something you did not want to. In speech, godan verbs often shorten -aserareru to -asareru.

    1. plainたどり着かせられるたどりつかせられるtadoritsukaserareru
    2. politeたどり着かせられますたどりつかせられますtadoritsukaseraremasu