Conjugation

描く

かくkaku

draw

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ku.

Conjugated like 聞く, つく, 書く, たなびく, 着く, 吐く

  • Another 描く

    Written the same way, 描く read えがく is another verb, with its own page.

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描きますかきますkakimasu
    2. negative描きませんかきませんkakimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative描きましたかきましたkakimashita
    2. negative描きませんでしたかきませんでしたkakimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 描いてかいてkaite
    2. request描いてくださいかいてくださいkaite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 描きましょうかきましょうkakimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative描きたいかきたいkakitai
    2. negative描きたくないかきたくないkakitakunai
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描くかくkaku
    2. negative描かないかかないkakanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative描いたかいたkaita
    2. negative描かなかったかかなかったkakanakatta

  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描いているかいているkaite iru
    2. polite描いていますかいていますkaite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain描けるかけるkakeru
    2. polite描けますかけますkakemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 描いたらかいたらkaitara

  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描かれるかかれるkakareru
    2. polite描かれますかかれますkakaremasu
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. 描こうかこうkakō

  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描けかけkake
    2. ban描くなかくなkaku 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描けばかけばkakeba
    2. negative描かなければかかなければkakanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain描かせるかかせるkakaseru
    2. polite描かせますかかせますkakasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain描かせられるかかせられるkakaserareru
    2. polite描かせられますかかせられますkakaseraremasu