乾く

かわくkawaku

dry

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ku.

Conjugated like 聞く, つく, 書く, くっつく, 湧く, 響く

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乾きますかわきますkawakimasu
    2. negative乾きませんかわきませんkawakimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative乾きましたかわきましたkawakimashita
    2. negative乾きませんでしたかわきませんでしたkawakimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 乾いてかわいてkawaite
    2. request乾いてくださいかわいてくださいkawaite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 乾きましょうかわきましょうkawakimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative乾きたいかわきたいkawakitai
    2. negative乾きたくないかわきたくないkawakitakunai
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乾くかわくkawaku
    2. negative乾かないかわかないkawakanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative乾いたかわいたkawaita
    2. negative乾かなかったかわかなかったkawakanakatta

  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乾いているかわいているkawaite iru
    2. polite乾いていますかわいていますkawaite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain乾けるかわけるkawakeru
    2. polite乾けますかわけますkawakemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 乾いたらかわいたらkawaitara

  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乾かれるかわかれるkawakareru
    2. polite乾かれますかわかれますkawakaremasu
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. 乾こうかわこうkawakō

  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乾けかわけkawake
    2. ban乾くなかわくなkawaku 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乾けばかわけばkawakeba
    2. negative乾かなければかわかなければkawakanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain乾かせるかわかせるkawakaseru
    2. polite乾かせますかわかせますkawakasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain乾かせられるかわかせられるkawakaserareru
    2. polite乾かせられますかわかせられますkawakaseraremasu