背く

そむくsomuku

disobey

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ku.

Conjugated like 聞く, つく, 書く, 向く, 長引く, しがみつく

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背きますそむきますsomukimasu
    2. negative背きませんそむきませんsomukimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative背きましたそむきましたsomukimashita
    2. negative背きませんでしたそむきませんでしたsomukimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 背いてそむいてsomuite
    2. request背いてくださいそむいてくださいsomuite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 背きましょうそむきましょうsomukimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative背きたいそむきたいsomukitai
    2. negative背きたくないそむきたくないsomukitakunai
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背くそむくsomuku
    2. negative背かないそむかないsomukanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative背いたそむいたsomuita
    2. negative背かなかったそむかなかったsomukanakatta

  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背いているそむいているsomuite iru
    2. polite背いていますそむいていますsomuite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain背けるそむけるsomukeru
    2. polite背けますそむけますsomukemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 背いたらそむいたらsomuitara

  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背かれるそむかれるsomukareru
    2. polite背かれますそむかれますsomukaremasu
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. 背こうそむこうsomukō

  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背けそむけsomuke
    2. ban背くなそむくなsomuku 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背けばそむけばsomukeba
    2. negative背かなければそむかなければsomukanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain背かせるそむかせるsomukaseru
    2. polite背かせますそむかせますsomukasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain背かせられるそむかせられるsomukaserareru
    2. polite背かせられますそむかせられますsomukaseraremasu