生きる

いきるikiru

live

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 忘れる, 起きる, 教える

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生きますいきますikimasu
    2. negative生きませんいきませんikimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative生きましたいきましたikimashita
    2. negative生きませんでしたいきませんでしたikimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 生きていきてikite
    2. request生きてくださいいきてくださいikite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 生きましょういきましょうikimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative生きたいいきたいikitai
    2. negative生きたくないいきたくないikitakunai
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生きるいきるikiru
    2. negative生きないいきないikinai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative生きたいきたikita
    2. negative生きなかったいきなかったikinakatta

  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生きているいきているikite iru
    2. polite生きていますいきていますikite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain生きられるいきられるikirareru
    2. polite生きられますいきられますikiraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 生きたらいきたらikitara

  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生きられるいきられるikirareru
    2. polite生きられますいきられますikiraremasu
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. 生きよういきようikiyō

  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生きろいきろikiro
    2. ban生きるないきるなikiru 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生きればいきればikireba
    2. negative生きなければいきなければikinakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain生きさせるいきさせるikisaseru
    2. polite生きさせますいきさせますikisasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain生きさせられるいきさせられるikisaserareru
    2. polite生きさせられますいきさせられますikisaseraremasu