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Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 使 |
| つか Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi |
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]使える • (tsukaeru) ←つかへる (tukaferu)?ichidan (stem 使え (tsukae), past 使えた (tsukaeta))
- be usable (e.g. a coupon at a cash register)
- be useful, be competent
- 使える奴
- tsukaeru yatsu
- a competent fellow
- 使える奴
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of "使える" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 使え | つかえ | tsukae | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 使え | つかえ | tsukae | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 使える | つかえる | tsukaeru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 使える | つかえる | tsukaeru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 使えれ | つかえれ | tsukaere | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 使えよ¹ 使えろ² |
つかえよ¹ つかえろ² |
tsukaeyo¹ tsukaero² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 使えられる | つかえられる | tsukaerareru | |
| Causative | 使えさせる 使えさす |
つかえさせる つかえさす |
tsukaesaseru tsukaesasu | |
| Potential | 使えられる 使えれる³ |
つかえられる つかえれる³ |
tsukaerareru tsukaereru³ | |
| Volitional | 使えよう | つかえよう | tsukaeyō | |
| Negative | 使えない 使えぬ 使えん |
つかえない つかえぬ つかえん |
tsukaenai tsukaenu tsukaen | |
| Negative continuative | 使えず | つかえず | tsukaezu | |
| Formal | 使えます | つかえます | tsukaemasu | |
| Perfective | 使えた | つかえた | tsukaeta | |
| Conjunctive | 使えて | つかえて | tsukaete | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 使えれば | つかえれば | tsukaereba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential | ||||