聞く

きくkiku

listen

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ku.

Conjugated like つく, 書く, いただく, 置く, 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聞きますききますkikimasu
    2. negative聞きませんききませんkikimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative聞きましたききましたkikimashita
    2. negative聞きませんでしたききませんでしたkikimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 聞いてきいてkiite
    2. request聞いてくださいきいてくださいkiite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 聞きましょうききましょうkikimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative聞きたいききたいkikitai
    2. negative聞きたくないききたくないkikitakunai
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聞くきくkiku
    2. negative聞かないきかないkikanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative聞いたきいたkiita
    2. negative聞かなかったきかなかったkikanakatta

  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聞いているきいているkiite iru
    2. polite聞いていますきいていますkiite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain聞けるきけるkikeru
    2. polite聞けますきけますkikemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 聞いたらきいたらkiitara

  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聞かれるきかれるkikareru
    2. polite聞かれますきかれますkikaremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passive · Respect and modestyAlso show the Intermediate forms (6)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

    Let’s, between friends; with と思う, what you intend to do.

    1. 聞こうきこうkikō

  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聞けきけkike
    2. ban聞くなきくなkiku 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聞けばきけばkikeba
    2. negative聞かなければきかなければkikanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain聞かせるきかせるkikaseru
    2. polite聞かせますきかせますkikasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain聞かせられるきかせられるkikaserareru
    2. polite聞かせられますきかせられますkikaseraremasu

  6. Respect and modesty

    The verbs that replace this one: respect for what others do, modesty for what you do yourself.

    1. modesty伺いますうかがいますukagaimasu