尋ねる
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 尋 |
| Grade: S |
Pronunciation
- Homophone: 訪ねる
Verb
尋ねる (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana たずねる, rōmaji tazuneru)
- ask (a question) - to ask someone what the 1st person doesn't know.
Conjugation
Conjugation of "尋ねる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 尋ね | たずね | tazune | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 尋ね | たずね | tazune | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 尋ねる | たずねる | tazuneru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 尋ねる | たずねる | tazuneru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 尋ねれ | たずねれ | tazunere | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 尋ねよ¹ 尋ねろ² |
たずねよ¹ たずねろ² |
tazuneyo¹ tazunero² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 尋ねられる | たずねられる | tazunerareru | |
| Causative | 尋ねさせる 尋ねさす |
たずねさせる たずねさす |
tazunesaseru tazunesasu | |
| Potential | 尋ねられる 尋ねれる³ |
たずねられる たずねれる³ |
tazunerareru tazunereru³ | |
| Volitional | 尋ねよう | たずねよう | tazuneyō | |
| Negative | 尋ねない 尋ねぬ 尋ねん |
たずねない たずねぬ たずねん |
tazunenai tazunenu tazunen | |
| Negative continuative | 尋ねず | たずねず | tazunezu | |
| Formal | 尋ねます | たずねます | tazunemasu | |
| Perfective | 尋ねた | たずねた | tazuneta | |
| Conjunctive | 尋ねて | たずねて | tazunete | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 尋ねれば | たずねれば | tazunereba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential | ||||
Related terms
- お尋ね (otazune): (n.) asking (for polite)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.