たなびく

tanabiku

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Godan verb, group 1, ending -ku.

Conjugated like 聞く, つく, 書く, うつむく, 掃く, 着く

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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たなびきますtanabikimasu
    2. negativeたなびきませんtanabikimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmativeたなびきましたtanabikimashita
    2. negativeたなびきませんでしたtanabikimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. たなびいてtanabiite
    2. requestたなびいてくださいtanabiite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. たなびきましょうtanabikimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmativeたなびきたいtanabikitai
    2. negativeたなびきたくないtanabikitakunai
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たなびくtanabiku
    2. negativeたなびかないtanabikanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmativeたなびいたtanabiita
    2. negativeたなびかなかったtanabikanakatta

  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たなびいているtanabiite iru
    2. politeたなびいていますtanabiite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plainたなびけるtanabikeru
    2. politeたなびけますtanabikemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. たなびいたらtanabiitara

  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たなびかれるtanabikareru
    2. politeたなびかれますtanabikaremasu
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. たなびこうtanabikō

  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たなびけtanabike
    2. banたなびくなtanabiku 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たなびけばtanabikeba
    2. negativeたなびかなければtanabikanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plainたなびかせるtanabikaseru
    2. politeたなびかせますtanabikasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plainたなびかせられるtanabikaserareru
    2. politeたなびかせられますtanabikaseraremasu