Conjugation

起きる

おきるokiru

get up

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, やめる, 忘れる, 生きる

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起きますおきますokimasu
    2. negative起きませんおきませんokimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative起きましたおきましたokimashita
    2. negative起きませんでしたおきませんでしたokimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 起きておきてokite
    2. request起きてくださいおきてくださいokite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 起きましょうおきましょうokimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative起きたいおきたいokitai
    2. negative起きたくないおきたくないokitakunai
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起きるおきるokiru
    2. negative起きないおきないokinai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative起きたおきたokita
    2. negative起きなかったおきなかったokinakatta

  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起きているおきているokite iru
    2. polite起きていますおきていますokite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain起きられるおきられるokirareru
    2. polite起きられますおきられますokiraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 起きたらおきたらokitara

  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起きられるおきられるokirareru
    2. polite起きられますおきられますokiraremasu
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. 起きようおきようokiyō

  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起きろおきろokiro
    2. ban起きるなおきるなokiru 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起きればおきればokireba
    2. negative起きなければおきなければokinakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain起きさせるおきさせるokisaseru
    2. polite起きさせますおきさせますokisasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain起きさせられるおきさせられるokisaserareru
    2. polite起きさせられますおきさせられますokisaseraremasu