追いつく

おいつくoitsuku

catch up

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ku.

Conjugated like 聞く, つく, 書く, 築く, 導く, 溶く

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追いつきますおいつきますoitsukimasu
    2. negative追いつきませんおいつきませんoitsukimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative追いつきましたおいつきましたoitsukimashita
    2. negative追いつきませんでしたおいつきませんでしたoitsukimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 追いついておいついてoitsuite
    2. request追いついてくださいおいついてくださいoitsuite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 追いつきましょうおいつきましょうoitsukimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative追いつきたいおいつきたいoitsukitai
    2. negative追いつきたくないおいつきたくないoitsukitakunai
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追いつくおいつくoitsuku
    2. negative追いつかないおいつかないoitsukanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative追いついたおいついたoitsuita
    2. negative追いつかなかったおいつかなかったoitsukanakatta

  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追いついているおいついているoitsuite iru
    2. polite追いついていますおいついていますoitsuite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain追いつけるおいつけるoitsukeru
    2. polite追いつけますおいつけますoitsukemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 追いついたらおいついたらoitsuitara

  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追いつかれるおいつかれるoitsukareru
    2. polite追いつかれますおいつかれますoitsukaremasu
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. 追いつこうおいつこうoitsukō

  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追いつけおいつけoitsuke
    2. ban追いつくなおいつくなoitsuku 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追いつけばおいつけばoitsukeba
    2. negative追いつかなければおいつかなければoitsukanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain追いつかせるおいつかせるoitsukaseru
    2. polite追いつかせますおいつかせますoitsukasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain追いつかせられるおいつかせられるoitsukaserareru
    2. polite追いつかせられますおいつかせられますoitsukaseraremasu