蒔く

まくmaku

sow

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ku.

Conjugated like 聞く, つく, 書く, 上向く, 練り歩く, うつむく

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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蒔きますまきますmakimasu
    2. negative蒔きませんまきませんmakimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative蒔きましたまきましたmakimashita
    2. negative蒔きませんでしたまきませんでしたmakimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 蒔いてまいてmaite
    2. request蒔いてくださいまいてくださいmaite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 蒔きましょうまきましょうmakimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative蒔きたいまきたいmakitai
    2. negative蒔きたくないまきたくないmakitakunai
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蒔くまくmaku
    2. negative蒔かないまかないmakanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative蒔いたまいたmaita
    2. negative蒔かなかったまかなかったmakanakatta

  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蒔いているまいているmaite iru
    2. polite蒔いていますまいていますmaite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain蒔けるまけるmakeru
    2. polite蒔けますまけますmakemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 蒔いたらまいたらmaitara

  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蒔かれるまかれるmakareru
    2. polite蒔かれますまかれますmakaremasu
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. 蒔こうまこうmakō

  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蒔けまけmake
    2. ban蒔くなまくなmaku 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蒔けばまけばmakeba
    2. negative蒔かなければまかなければmakanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain蒔かせるまかせるmakaseru
    2. polite蒔かせますまかせますmakasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain蒔かせられるまかせられるmakaserareru
    2. polite蒔かせられますまかせられますmakaseraremasu