Conjugation

気遣う

きづかうkizukau

be considerate of

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 彷徨う, 囲う, 占う

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気遣いますきづかいますkizukaimasu
    2. negative気遣いませんきづかいませんkizukaimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative気遣いましたきづかいましたkizukaimashita
    2. negative気遣いませんでしたきづかいませんでしたkizukaimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 気遣ってきづかってkizukatte
    2. request気遣ってくださいきづかってくださいkizukatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 気遣いましょうきづかいましょうkizukaimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative気遣いたいきづかいたいkizukaitai
    2. negative気遣いたくないきづかいたくないkizukaitakunai
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気遣うきづかうkizukau
    2. negative気遣わないきづかわないkizukawanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative気遣ったきづかったkizukatta
    2. negative気遣わなかったきづかわなかったkizukawanakatta

  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気遣っているきづかっているkizukatte iru
    2. polite気遣っていますきづかっていますkizukatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain気遣えるきづかえるkizukaeru
    2. polite気遣えますきづかえますkizukaemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 気遣ったらきづかったらkizukattara

  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気遣われるきづかわれるkizukawareru
    2. polite気遣われますきづかわれますkizukawaremasu
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. 気遣おうきづかおうkizukaō

  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気遣えきづかえkizukae
    2. ban気遣うなきづかうなkizukau 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気遣えばきづかえばkizukaeba
    2. negative気遣わなければきづかわなければkizukawanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain気遣わせるきづかわせるkizukawaseru
    2. polite気遣わせますきづかわせますkizukawasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain気遣わせられるきづかわせられるkizukawaserareru
    2. polite気遣わせられますきづかわせられますkizukawaseraremasu