囲う

かこうkakou

enclose

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 縫う, 彷徨う, 気遣う

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囲いますかこいますkakoimasu
    2. negative囲いませんかこいませんkakoimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative囲いましたかこいましたkakoimashita
    2. negative囲いませんでしたかこいませんでしたkakoimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 囲ってかこってkakotte
    2. request囲ってくださいかこってくださいkakotte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 囲いましょうかこいましょうkakoimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative囲いたいかこいたいkakoitai
    2. negative囲いたくないかこいたくないkakoitakunai
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囲うかこうkakou
    2. negative囲わないかこわないkakowanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative囲ったかこったkakotta
    2. negative囲わなかったかこわなかったkakowanakatta

  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囲っているかこっているkakotte iru
    2. polite囲っていますかこっていますkakotte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain囲えるかこえるkakoeru
    2. polite囲えますかこえますkakoemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 囲ったらかこったらkakottara

  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囲われるかこわれるkakowareru
    2. polite囲われますかこわれますkakowaremasu
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. 囲おうかこおうkakoō

  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囲えかこえkakoe
    2. ban囲うなかこうなkakou 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囲えばかこえばkakoeba
    2. negative囲わなければかこわなければkakowanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain囲わせるかこわせるkakowaseru
    2. polite囲わせますかこわせますkakowasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain囲わせられるかこわせられるkakowaserareru
    2. polite囲わせられますかこわせられますkakowaseraremasu