Godan verb (く)

描くえがく

egaku

to draw · N3

描く (えがく, egaku) — to draw — is a godan verb ending in く: 描いて (te-form), 描いた (past), 描かない (negative), 描きます (polite).

It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to paint; to sketch.

How 描く 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.

か描かないnegative

き描きますpolite present

く描くdictionary form

け描けるpotential描けばif

こ描こうvolitional

The て and た forms · く → いて, いたい描いてte-form描いた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.

N5 N tags give the JLPT level at which the game starts quizzing a form.

PLAIN

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	描くえがく egaku
past N5 I drew something.	描いたえがいた egaita
negative N5 I don't draw.	描かないえがかない egakanai
te-form N5 I draw something and …	描いてえがいて egaite
past negative N4 I didn't draw it.	描かなかったえがかなかった egakanakatta
volitional N4 Let's draw something!	描こうえがこう egakou
potential N3 I can draw.	描けるえがける egakeru
cond. ば N3 If I draw it, ...	描けばえがけば egakeba
cond. たら N3 When I draw it, ...	描いたらえがいたら egaitara
passive N2 It gets drawn.	描かれるえがかれる egakareru
causative N2 I make someone draw it.	描かせるえがかせる egakaseru
imperative N1 Draw it!	描けえがけ egake

POLITE

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	描きますえがきます egakimasu
past N5 I drew something.	描きましたえがきました egakimashita
negative N5 I don't draw.	描きませんえがきません egakimasen
past negative N4 I didn't draw it.	描きませんでしたえがきませんでした egakimasendeshita
volitional N4 Let's draw something!	描きましょうえがきましょう egakimashou

ASPECT

Form	Conjugation	Audio
ている N4 I'm drawing something.	描いているえがいている egaiteiru
ていた N4 I was drawing something.	描いていたえがいていた egaiteita
ています N4 I'm drawing something.	描いていますえがいています egaiteimasu
ていました N4 I was drawing something.	描いていましたえがいていました egaiteimashita