Conjugation

聞き取る

ききとるkikitoru

make out

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, かしこまる, 炙る, 見張る

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聞き取りますききとりますkikitorimasu
    2. negative聞き取りませんききとりませんkikitorimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative聞き取りましたききとりましたkikitorimashita
    2. negative聞き取りませんでしたききとりませんでしたkikitorimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 聞き取ってききとってkikitotte
    2. request聞き取ってくださいききとってくださいkikitotte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 聞き取りましょうききとりましょうkikitorimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative聞き取りたいききとりたいkikitoritai
    2. negative聞き取りたくないききとりたくないkikitoritakunai
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聞き取るききとるkikitoru
    2. negative聞き取らないききとらないkikitoranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative聞き取ったききとったkikitotta
    2. negative聞き取らなかったききとらなかったkikitoranakatta

  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聞き取っているききとっているkikitotte iru
    2. polite聞き取っていますききとっていますkikitotte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain聞き取れるききとれるkikitoreru
    2. polite聞き取れますききとれますkikitoremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 聞き取ったらききとったらkikitottara

  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聞き取られるききとられるkikitorareru
    2. polite聞き取られますききとられますkikitoraremasu
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. 聞き取ろうききとろうkikitorō

  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聞き取れききとれkikitore
    2. ban聞き取るなききとるなkikitoru 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聞き取ればききとればkikitoreba
    2. negative聞き取らなければききとらなければkikitoranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain聞き取らせるききとらせるkikitoraseru
    2. polite聞き取らせますききとらせますkikitorasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain聞き取らせられるききとらせられるkikitoraserareru
    2. polite聞き取らせられますききとらせられますkikitoraseraremasu