Godan verb (く)
欺くあざむく
azamuku欺く (あざむく, azamuku) — to deceive — is a godan verb ending in く: 欺いて (te-form), 欺いた (past), 欺かない (negative), 欺きます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to delude; to trick.
How 欺く conjugates · godan く-verb
Only the last kana changes: く becomes か, き, け or こ.
Which one depends on the ending. The five are one line of the hiragana chart — same consonant, vowels あ・い・う・え・お — and everything before that kana never changes.
か欺かないnegative
き欺きますpolite present
く欺くdictionary form
け欺けるpotential欺けばif
こ欺こうvolitional
The て and た forms · く → いて, いた
い欺いてte-form欺いたpast
The て and た forms are the only two that don't follow this pattern. Every く- and ぐ-verb changes the same way there; only 行く is different.
Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 欺く あざむく azamuku | |
| past I deceived someone. | 欺いた あざむいた azamuita | |
| negative I don't deceive anyone. | 欺かない あざむかない azamukanai | |
| te-form I deceive someone and … | 欺いて あざむいて azamuite | |
| past negative I didn't deceive anyone. | 欺かなかった あざむかなかった azamukanakatta | |
| volitional Let's deceive someone. | 欺こう あざむこう azamukou | |
| potential I can deceive someone. | 欺ける あざむける azamukeru | |
| cond. ば If I deceive someone, ... | 欺けば あざむけば azamukeba | |
| cond. たら | 欺いたら あざむいたら azamuitara | |
| passive I get deceived. | 欺かれる あざむかれる azamukareru | |
| causative | 欺かせる あざむかせる azamukaseru | |
| imperative | 欺け あざむけ azamuke |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 欺きます あざむきます azamukimasu | |
| past I deceived someone. | 欺きました あざむきました azamukimashita | |
| negative I don't deceive anyone. | 欺きません あざむきません azamukimasen | |
| past negative I didn't deceive anyone. | 欺きませんでした あざむきませんでした azamukimasendeshita | |
| volitional Let's deceive someone. | 欺きましょう あざむきましょう azamukimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I'm deceiving someone. | 欺いている あざむいている azamuiteiru | |
| ていた I was deceiving someone. | 欺いていた あざむいていた azamuiteita | |
| ています I'm deceiving someone. | 欺いています あざむいています azamuiteimasu | |
| ていました I was deceiving someone. | 欺いていました あざむいていました azamuiteimashita |