空く

すくsuku

be hungry

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ku.

Conjugated like 聞く, つく, 書く, 空く, 開く, 好く

  • Another 空く

    Written the same way, 空く read あく is another verb, with its own page.

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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空きますすきますsukimasu
    2. negative空きませんすきませんsukimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative空きましたすきましたsukimashita
    2. negative空きませんでしたすきませんでしたsukimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 空いてすいてsuite
    2. request空いてくださいすいてくださいsuite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 空きましょうすきましょうsukimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative空きたいすきたいsukitai
    2. negative空きたくないすきたくないsukitakunai
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空くすくsuku
    2. negative空かないすかないsukanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative空いたすいたsuita
    2. negative空かなかったすかなかったsukanakatta

  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空いているすいているsuite iru
    2. polite空いていますすいていますsuite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain空けるすけるsukeru
    2. polite空けますすけますsukemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 空いたらすいたらsuitara

  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空かれるすかれるsukareru
    2. polite空かれますすかれますsukaremasu
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. 空こうすこうsukō

  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空けすけsuke
    2. ban空くなすくなsuku 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空けばすけばsukeba
    2. negative空かなければすかなければsukanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain空かせるすかせるsukaseru
    2. polite空かせますすかせますsukasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain空かせられるすかせられるsukaserareru
    2. polite空かせられますすかせられますsukaseraremasu