Conjugation

長引く

ながびくnagabiku

linger

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ku.

Conjugated like 聞く, つく, 書く, 砕く, 向く, 背く

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長引きますながびきますnagabikimasu
    2. negative長引きませんながびきませんnagabikimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative長引きましたながびきましたnagabikimashita
    2. negative長引きませんでしたながびきませんでしたnagabikimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 長引いてながびいてnagabiite
    2. request長引いてくださいながびいてくださいnagabiite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 長引きましょうながびきましょうnagabikimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative長引きたいながびきたいnagabikitai
    2. negative長引きたくないながびきたくないnagabikitakunai
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長引くながびくnagabiku
    2. negative長引かないながびかないnagabikanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative長引いたながびいたnagabiita
    2. negative長引かなかったながびかなかったnagabikanakatta

  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長引いているながびいているnagabiite iru
    2. polite長引いていますながびいていますnagabiite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain長引けるながびけるnagabikeru
    2. polite長引けますながびけますnagabikemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 長引いたらながびいたらnagabiitara

  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長引かれるながびかれるnagabikareru
    2. polite長引かれますながびかれますnagabikaremasu
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. 長引こうながびこうnagabikō

  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長引けながびけnagabike
    2. ban長引くなながびくなnagabiku 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長引けばながびけばnagabikeba
    2. negative長引かなければながびかなければnagabikanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain長引かせるながびかせるnagabikaseru
    2. polite長引かせますながびかせますnagabikasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain長引かせられるながびかせられるnagabikaserareru
    2. polite長引かせられますながびかせられますnagabikaseraremasu