使う

つかうtsukau

use

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, しまう, 行う, 買う, もらう

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使いますつかいますtsukaimasu
    2. negative使いませんつかいませんtsukaimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative使いましたつかいましたtsukaimashita
    2. negative使いませんでしたつかいませんでしたtsukaimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 使ってつかってtsukatte
    2. request使ってくださいつかってくださいtsukatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 使いましょうつかいましょうtsukaimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative使いたいつかいたいtsukaitai
    2. negative使いたくないつかいたくないtsukaitakunai
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使うつかうtsukau
    2. negative使わないつかわないtsukawanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative使ったつかったtsukatta
    2. negative使わなかったつかわなかったtsukawanakatta

  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使っているつかっているtsukatte iru
    2. polite使っていますつかっていますtsukatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain使えるつかえるtsukaeru
    2. polite使えますつかえますtsukaemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 使ったらつかったらtsukattara

  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使われるつかわれるtsukawareru
    2. polite使われますつかわれますtsukawaremasu
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. 使おうつかおうtsukaō

  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使えつかえtsukae
    2. ban使うなつかうなtsukau 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使えばつかえばtsukaeba
    2. negative使わなければつかわなければtsukawanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain使わせるつかわせるtsukawaseru
    2. polite使わせますつかわせますtsukawasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain使わせられるつかわせられるtsukawaserareru
    2. polite使わせられますつかわせられますtsukawaseraremasu