驚く

おどろくodoroku

be surprised

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ku.

Conjugated like 聞く, つく, 書く, 歩く, 履く, 落ち着く

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驚きますおどろきますodorokimasu
    2. negative驚きませんおどろきませんodorokimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative驚きましたおどろきましたodorokimashita
    2. negative驚きませんでしたおどろきませんでしたodorokimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 驚いておどろいてodoroite
    2. request驚いてくださいおどろいてくださいodoroite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 驚きましょうおどろきましょうodorokimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative驚きたいおどろきたいodorokitai
    2. negative驚きたくないおどろきたくないodorokitakunai
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驚くおどろくodoroku
    2. negative驚かないおどろかないodorokanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative驚いたおどろいたodoroita
    2. negative驚かなかったおどろかなかったodorokanakatta

  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驚いているおどろいているodoroite iru
    2. polite驚いていますおどろいていますodoroite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain驚けるおどろけるodorokeru
    2. polite驚けますおどろけますodorokemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 驚いたらおどろいたらodoroitara

  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驚かれるおどろかれるodorokareru
    2. polite驚かれますおどろかれますodorokaremasu
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. 驚こうおどろこうodorokō

  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驚けおどろけodoroke
    2. ban驚くなおどろくなodoroku 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驚けばおどろけばodorokeba
    2. negative驚かなければおどろかなければodorokanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain驚かせるおどろかせるodorokaseru
    2. polite驚かせますおどろかせますodorokasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain驚かせられるおどろかせられるodorokaserareru
    2. polite驚かせられますおどろかせられますodorokaseraremasu