浮く

うくuku

levitate

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ku.

Conjugated like 聞く, つく, 書く, 吹く, 思いつく, 傷つく

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浮きますうきますukimasu
    2. negative浮きませんうきませんukimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative浮きましたうきましたukimashita
    2. negative浮きませんでしたうきませんでしたukimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 浮いてういてuite
    2. request浮いてくださいういてくださいuite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 浮きましょううきましょうukimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative浮きたいうきたいukitai
    2. negative浮きたくないうきたくないukitakunai
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浮くうくuku
    2. negative浮かないうかないukanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative浮いたういたuita
    2. negative浮かなかったうかなかったukanakatta

  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浮いているういているuite iru
    2. polite浮いていますういていますuite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain浮けるうけるukeru
    2. polite浮けますうけますukemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 浮いたらういたらuitara

  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浮かれるうかれるukareru
    2. polite浮かれますうかれますukaremasu
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. 浮こううこうukō

  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浮けうけuke
    2. ban浮くなうくなuku 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浮けばうけばukeba
    2. negative浮かなければうかなければukanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain浮かせるうかせるukaseru
    2. polite浮かせますうかせますukasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain浮かせられるうかせられるukaserareru
    2. polite浮かせられますうかせられますukaseraremasu