着く

つくtsuku

arrive

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ku.

Conjugated like 聞く, つく, 書く, 掃く, たなびく, 描く

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着きますつきますtsukimasu
    2. negative着きませんつきませんtsukimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative着きましたつきましたtsukimashita
    2. negative着きませんでしたつきませんでしたtsukimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 着いてついてtsuite
    2. request着いてくださいついてくださいtsuite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 着きましょうつきましょうtsukimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative着きたいつきたいtsukitai
    2. negative着きたくないつきたくないtsukitakunai
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着くつくtsuku
    2. negative着かないつかないtsukanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative着いたついたtsuita
    2. negative着かなかったつかなかったtsukanakatta

  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着いているついているtsuite iru
    2. polite着いていますついていますtsuite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain着けるつけるtsukeru
    2. polite着けますつけますtsukemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 着いたらついたらtsuitara

  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着かれるつかれるtsukareru
    2. polite着かれますつかれますtsukaremasu
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. 着こうつこうtsukō

  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着けつけtsuke
    2. ban着くなつくなtsuku 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着けばつけばtsukeba
    2. negative着かなければつかなければtsukanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain着かせるつかせるtsukaseru
    2. polite着かせますつかせますtsukasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain着かせられるつかせられるtsukaserareru
    2. polite着かせられますつかせられますtsukaseraremasu