Godan verb (く)
ばら撒くばらまく
baramakuばら撒く (ばらまく, baramaku) — to scatter — is a godan verb ending in く: ばらまいて (te-form), ばらまいた (past), ばらまかない (negative), ばらまきます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It is usually written in kana: ばらまく rather than ばら撒く. It also means to disseminate; to spread.
How ばらまく 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.
かばらまかないnegative
きばらまきますpolite present
くばらまくdictionary form
けばらまけるpotentialばらまけばif
こばらまこうvolitional
The て and た forms · く → いて, いた
いばらまいてte-formばらまいた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 | ばらまく ばら撒く baramaku | |
| past I scattered something. | ばらまいた ばら撒いた baramaita | |
| negative I don't scatter it around. | ばらまかない ばら撒かない baramakanai | |
| te-form Scatter something and … | ばらまいて ばら撒いて baramaite | |
| past negative | ばらまかなかった ばら撒かなかった baramakanakatta | |
| volitional Let's scatter it around. | ばらまこう ばら撒こう baramakou | |
| potential I can scatter it around. | ばらまける ばら撒ける baramakeru | |
| cond. ば If I scatter it around, ... | ばらまけば ばら撒けば baramakeba | |
| cond. たら When I scatter it around, ... | ばらまいたら ばら撒いたら baramaitara | |
| passive It gets scattered around. | ばらまかれる ばら撒かれる baramakareru | |
| causative | ばらまかせる ばら撒かせる baramakaseru | |
| imperative Scatter it around! | ばらまけ ばら撒け baramake |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | ばらまきます ばら撒きます baramakimasu | |
| past I scattered something. | ばらまきました ばら撒きました baramakimashita | |
| negative I don't scatter it around. | ばらまきません ばら撒きません baramakimasen | |
| past negative | ばらまきませんでした ばら撒きませんでした baramakimasendeshita | |
| volitional Let's scatter it around. | ばらまきましょう ばら撒きましょう baramakimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I'm scattering it around. | ばらまいている ばら撒いている baramaiteiru | |
| ていた I was scattering it around. | ばらまいていた ばら撒いていた baramaiteita | |
| ています I'm scattering it around. | ばらまいています ばら撒いています baramaiteimasu | |
| ていました I was scattering it around. | ばらまいていました ばら撒いていました baramaiteimashita |