敷く

しくshiku

lay out

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ku.

Conjugated like 聞く, つく, 書く, 嘆く, 撒く, 暴く

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敷きますしきますshikimasu
    2. negative敷きませんしきませんshikimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative敷きましたしきましたshikimashita
    2. negative敷きませんでしたしきませんでしたshikimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 敷いてしいてshiite
    2. request敷いてくださいしいてくださいshiite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 敷きましょうしきましょうshikimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative敷きたいしきたいshikitai
    2. negative敷きたくないしきたくないshikitakunai
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敷くしくshiku
    2. negative敷かないしかないshikanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative敷いたしいたshiita
    2. negative敷かなかったしかなかったshikanakatta

  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敷いているしいているshiite iru
    2. polite敷いていますしいていますshiite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain敷けるしけるshikeru
    2. polite敷けますしけますshikemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 敷いたらしいたらshiitara

  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敷かれるしかれるshikareru
    2. polite敷かれますしかれますshikaremasu
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. 敷こうしこうshikō

  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敷けしけshike
    2. ban敷くなしくなshiku 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敷けばしけばshikeba
    2. negative敷かなければしかなければshikanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain敷かせるしかせるshikaseru
    2. polite敷かせますしかせますshikasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain敷かせられるしかせられるshikaserareru
    2. polite敷かせられますしかせられますshikaseraremasu