Godan verb (く)
退くどく
doku退く (どく, doku) — to step aside — is a godan verb ending in く: どいて (te-form), どいた (past), どかない (negative), どきます (polite).
It is usually written in kana: どく rather than 退く. It also means to move; to make way.
How どく 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.
かどかないnegative
きどきますpolite present
くどくdictionary form
けどけるpotentialどけばif
こどこうvolitional
The て and た forms · く → いて, いた
いどいてte-formどいた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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PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | どく 退く doku | |
| past I moved out of the way. | どいた 退いた doita | |
| negative I don't move out of the way. | どかない 退かない dokanai | |
| te-form I move out of the way and … | どいて 退いて doite | |
| past negative I didn't move out of the way. | どかなかった 退かなかった dokanakatta | |
| volitional Let's move out of the way. | どこう 退こう dokou | |
| potential | どける 退ける dokeru | |
| cond. ば If I move out of the way, ... | どけば 退けば dokeba | |
| cond. たら When I move out of the way, ... | どいたら 退いたら doitara | |
| passive | どかれる 退かれる dokareru | |
| causative I make someone move out of the way. | どかせる 退かせる dokaseru | |
| imperative N1 | どけ 退け doke |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | どきます 退きます dokimasu | |
| past I moved out of the way. | どきました 退きました dokimashita | |
| negative I don't move out of the way. | どきません 退きません dokimasen | |
| past negative I didn't move out of the way. | どきませんでした 退きませんでした dokimasendeshita | |
| volitional Let's move out of the way. | どきましょう 退きましょう dokimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I've moved out of the way. | どいている 退いている doiteiru | |
| ていた I was moving out of the way. | どいていた 退いていた doiteita | |
| ています I've moved out of the way. | どいています 退いています doiteimasu | |
| ていました I was moving out of the way. | どいていました 退いていました doiteimashita |