打つ

うつutsu

hit

Godan verb, group 1, ending -tsu.

Conjugated like 持つ, 待つ, 勝つ, 撃つ, 目立つ, 育つ

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打ちますうちますuchimasu
    2. negative打ちませんうちませんuchimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative打ちましたうちましたuchimashita
    2. negative打ちませんでしたうちませんでしたuchimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 打ってうってutte
    2. request打ってくださいうってくださいutte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 打ちましょううちましょうuchimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative打ちたいうちたいuchitai
    2. negative打ちたくないうちたくないuchitakunai
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打つうつutsu
    2. negative打たないうたないutanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative打ったうったutta
    2. negative打たなかったうたなかったutanakatta

  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打っているうっているutte iru
    2. polite打っていますうっていますutte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain打てるうてるuteru
    2. polite打てますうてますutemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 打ったらうったらuttara

  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打たれるうたれるutareru
    2. polite打たれますうたれますutaremasu
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. 打とううとうutō

  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打てうてute
    2. ban打つなうつなutsu 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打てばうてばuteba
    2. negative打たなければうたなければutanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain打たせるうたせるutaseru
    2. polite打たせますうたせますutasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain打たせられるうたせられるutaserareru
    2. polite打たせられますうたせられますutaseraremasu