Conjugation

からかう

karakau

tease

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 慕う, 賑わう, 寄り添う

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からかいますkarakaimasu
    2. negativeからかいませんkarakaimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmativeからかいましたkarakaimashita
    2. negativeからかいませんでしたkarakaimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. からかってkarakatte
    2. requestからかってくださいkarakatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. からかいましょうkarakaimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmativeからかいたいkarakaitai
    2. negativeからかいたくないkarakaitakunai
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からかうkarakau
    2. negativeからかわないkarakawanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmativeからかったkarakatta
    2. negativeからかわなかったkarakawanakatta

  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からかっているkarakatte iru
    2. politeからかっていますkarakatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plainからかえるkarakaeru
    2. politeからかえますkarakaemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. からかったらkarakattara

  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からかわれるkarakawareru
    2. politeからかわれますkarakawaremasu
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. からかおうkarakaō

  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からかえkarakae
    2. banからかうなkarakau 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からかえばkarakaeba
    2. negativeからかわなければkarakawanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plainからかわせるkarakawaseru
    2. politeからかわせますkarakawasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plainからかわせられるkarakawaserareru
    2. politeからかわせられますkarakawaseraremasu