嘆く

なげくnageku

lament

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ku.

Conjugated like 聞く, つく, 書く, 剥く, 炊く, 撒く

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嘆きますなげきますnagekimasu
    2. negative嘆きませんなげきませんnagekimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative嘆きましたなげきましたnagekimashita
    2. negative嘆きませんでしたなげきませんでしたnagekimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 嘆いてなげいてnageite
    2. request嘆いてくださいなげいてくださいnageite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 嘆きましょうなげきましょうnagekimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative嘆きたいなげきたいnagekitai
    2. negative嘆きたくないなげきたくないnagekitakunai
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嘆くなげくnageku
    2. negative嘆かないなげかないnagekanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative嘆いたなげいたnageita
    2. negative嘆かなかったなげかなかったnagekanakatta

  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嘆いているなげいているnageite iru
    2. polite嘆いていますなげいていますnageite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain嘆けるなげけるnagekeru
    2. polite嘆けますなげけますnagekemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 嘆いたらなげいたらnageitara

  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嘆かれるなげかれるnagekareru
    2. polite嘆かれますなげかれますnagekaremasu
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. 嘆こうなげこうnagekō

  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嘆けなげけnageke
    2. ban嘆くななげくなnageku 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嘆けばなげけばnagekeba
    2. negative嘆かなければなげかなければnagekanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain嘆かせるなげかせるnagekaseru
    2. polite嘆かせますなげかせますnagekasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain嘆かせられるなげかせられるnagekaserareru
    2. polite嘆かせられますなげかせられますnagekaseraremasu