響く

ひびくhibiku

echo

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ku.

Conjugated like 聞く, つく, 書く, 湧く, 乾く, 取り除く

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響きますひびきますhibikimasu
    2. negative響きませんひびきませんhibikimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative響きましたひびきましたhibikimashita
    2. negative響きませんでしたひびきませんでしたhibikimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 響いてひびいてhibiite
    2. request響いてくださいひびいてくださいhibiite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 響きましょうひびきましょうhibikimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative響きたいひびきたいhibikitai
    2. negative響きたくないひびきたくないhibikitakunai
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響くひびくhibiku
    2. negative響かないひびかないhibikanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative響いたひびいたhibiita
    2. negative響かなかったひびかなかったhibikanakatta

  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響いているひびいているhibiite iru
    2. polite響いていますひびいていますhibiite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain響けるひびけるhibikeru
    2. polite響けますひびけますhibikemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 響いたらひびいたらhibiitara

  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響かれるひびかれるhibikareru
    2. polite響かれますひびかれますhibikaremasu
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. 響こうひびこうhibikō

  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響けひびけhibike
    2. ban響くなひびくなhibiku 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響けばひびけばhibikeba
    2. negative響かなければひびかなければhibikanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain響かせるひびかせるhibikaseru
    2. polite響かせますひびかせますhibikasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain響かせられるひびかせられるhibikaserareru
    2. polite響かせられますひびかせられますhibikaseraremasu