Godan verb (く)
ぼやく
boyakuぼやく (boyaku) — to grumble — is a godan verb ending in く: ぼやいて (te-form), ぼやいた (past), ぼやかない (negative), ぼやきます (polite).
It also means to complain.
How ぼやく 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.
かぼやかないnegative
きぼやきますpolite present
くぼやくdictionary form
けぼやけるpotentialぼやけばif
こぼやこうvolitional
The て and た forms · く → いて, いた
いぼやいてte-formぼやいた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.
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Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | ぼやく boyaku | |
| past N5 I grumbled. | ぼやいた boyaita | |
| negative N5 I don't grumble. | ぼやかない boyakanai | |
| te-form N5 I grumble and … | ぼやいて boyaite | |
| past negative N4 | ぼやかなかった boyakanakatta | |
| volitional N4 | ぼやこう boyakou | |
| potential N3 | ぼやける boyakeru | |
| cond. ば N3 If I grumble, ... | ぼやけば boyakeba | |
| cond. たら N3 When I grumble, ... | ぼやいたら boyaitara | |
| passive N2 I get grumbled at. | ぼやかれる boyakareru | |
| causative N2 I let someone grumble. | ぼやかせる boyakaseru | |
| imperative N1 Grumble! | ぼやけ boyake |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | ぼやきます boyakimasu | |
| past N5 I grumbled. | ぼやきました boyakimashita | |
| negative N5 I don't grumble. | ぼやきません boyakimasen | |
| past negative N4 | ぼやきませんでした boyakimasendeshita | |
| volitional N4 | ぼやきましょう boyakimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている N4 I'm grumbling. | ぼやいている boyaiteiru | |
| ていた N4 I was grumbling. | ぼやいていた boyaiteita | |
| ています N4 I'm grumbling. | ぼやいています boyaiteimasu | |
| ていました N4 I was grumbling. | ぼやいていました boyaiteimashita |