行く

いくiku

go

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ku.

Conjugated like 連れて行く, 持っていく

  • 行って, 行った

    Godan verbs in -ku make -ite and -ita, but 行く and the verbs that end in it make 行って and 行った.

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行きますいきますikimasu
    2. negative行きませんいきませんikimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative行きましたいきましたikimashita
    2. negative行きませんでしたいきませんでしたikimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 行っていってitte
    2. request行ってくださいいってくださいitte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 行きましょういきましょうikimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative行きたいいきたいikitai
    2. negative行きたくないいきたくないikitakunai
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行くいくiku
    2. negative行かないいかないikanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative行ったいったitta
    2. negative行かなかったいかなかったikanakatta

  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行っているいっているitte iru
    2. polite行っていますいっていますitte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain行けるいけるikeru
    2. polite行けますいけますikemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 行ったらいったらittara

  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行かれるいかれるikareru
    2. polite行かれますいかれますikaremasu
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. 行こういこうikō

  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行けいけike
    2. ban行くないくなiku 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行けばいけばikeba
    2. negative行かなければいかなければikanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain行かせるいかせるikaseru
    2. polite行かせますいかせますikasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain行かせられるいかせられるikaserareru
    2. polite行かせられますいかせられますikaseraremasu

  6. Respect and modesty

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

    1. respectいらっしゃいますirasshaimasu
    2. modesty参りますまいりますmairimasu