通う

かようkayou

go regularly

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 狙う, 間違う, 願う

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通いますかよいますkayoimasu
    2. negative通いませんかよいませんkayoimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative通いましたかよいましたkayoimashita
    2. negative通いませんでしたかよいませんでしたkayoimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 通ってかよってkayotte
    2. request通ってくださいかよってくださいkayotte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 通いましょうかよいましょうkayoimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative通いたいかよいたいkayoitai
    2. negative通いたくないかよいたくないkayoitakunai
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通うかようkayou
    2. negative通わないかよわないkayowanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative通ったかよったkayotta
    2. negative通わなかったかよわなかったkayowanakatta

  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通っているかよっているkayotte iru
    2. polite通っていますかよっていますkayotte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain通えるかよえるkayoeru
    2. polite通えますかよえますkayoemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 通ったらかよったらkayottara

  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通われるかよわれるkayowareru
    2. polite通われますかよわれますkayowaremasu
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. 通おうかよおうkayoō

  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通えかよえkayoe
    2. ban通うなかようなkayou 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通えばかよえばkayoeba
    2. negative通わなければかよわなければkayowanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain通わせるかよわせるkayowaseru
    2. polite通わせますかよわせますkayowasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain通わせられるかよわせられるkayowaserareru
    2. polite通わせられますかよわせられますkayowaseraremasu