置く

おくoku

put

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ku.

Conjugated like 聞く, つく, 書く, いただく, 続く, 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置きますおきますokimasu
    2. negative置きませんおきませんokimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative置きましたおきましたokimashita
    2. negative置きませんでしたおきませんでしたokimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 置いておいてoite
    2. request置いてくださいおいてくださいoite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 置きましょうおきましょうokimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative置きたいおきたいokitai
    2. negative置きたくないおきたくないokitakunai
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置くおくoku
    2. negative置かないおかないokanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative置いたおいたoita
    2. negative置かなかったおかなかったokanakatta

  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置いているおいているoite iru
    2. polite置いていますおいていますoite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain置けるおけるokeru
    2. polite置けますおけますokemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 置いたらおいたらoitara

  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置かれるおかれるokareru
    2. polite置かれますおかれますokaremasu
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. 置こうおこうokō

  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置けおけoke
    2. ban置くなおくなoku 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置けばおけばokeba
    2. negative置かなければおかなければokanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain置かせるおかせるokaseru
    2. polite置かせますおかせますokasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain置かせられるおかせられるokaserareru
    2. polite置かせられますおかせられますokaseraremasu