招く

まねくmaneku

invite

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ku.

Conjugated like 聞く, つく, 書く, 浮く, 傷つく, 解く

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招きますまねきますmanekimasu
    2. negative招きませんまねきませんmanekimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative招きましたまねきましたmanekimashita
    2. negative招きませんでしたまねきませんでしたmanekimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 招いてまねいてmaneite
    2. request招いてくださいまねいてくださいmaneite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 招きましょうまねきましょうmanekimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative招きたいまねきたいmanekitai
    2. negative招きたくないまねきたくないmanekitakunai
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招くまねくmaneku
    2. negative招かないまねかないmanekanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative招いたまねいたmaneita
    2. negative招かなかったまねかなかったmanekanakatta

  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招いているまねいているmaneite iru
    2. polite招いていますまねいていますmaneite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain招けるまねけるmanekeru
    2. polite招けますまねけますmanekemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 招いたらまねいたらmaneitara

  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招かれるまねかれるmanekareru
    2. polite招かれますまねかれますmanekaremasu
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. 招こうまねこうmanekō

  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招けまねけmaneke
    2. ban招くなまねくなmaneku 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招けばまねけばmanekeba
    2. negative招かなければまねかなければmanekanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain招かせるまねかせるmanekaseru
    2. polite招かせますまねかせますmanekasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain招かせられるまねかせられるmanekaserareru
    2. polite招かせられますまねかせられますmanekaseraremasu