Godan verb (く)
履くはく
hakuAlso read はく: 吐く (vomit), 掃く (sweep). All 3 words
履く (はく, haku) — to put on — is a godan verb ending in く: 履いて (te-form), 履いた (past), 履かない (negative), 履きます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to wear.
How 履く 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.
か履かないnegative
き履きますpolite present
く履くdictionary form
け履けるpotential履けばif
こ履こうvolitional
The て and た forms · く → いて, いた
い履いてte-form履いた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 | 履く はく haku | |
| past I put on my shoes. | 履いた はいた haita | |
| negative I don't put my shoes on. | 履かない はかない hakanai | |
| te-form I put on my shoes and … | 履いて はいて haite | |
| past negative I didn't put my shoes on. | 履かなかった はかなかった hakanakatta | |
| volitional Let's put our shoes on. | 履こう はこう hakou | |
| potential I can put my shoes on. | 履ける はける hakeru | |
| cond. ば If I put my shoes on, ... | 履けば はけば hakeba | |
| cond. たら When I put my shoes on, ... | 履いたら はいたら haitara | |
| passive N2 | 履かれる はかれる hakareru | |
| causative N2 I make someone put their shoes on. | 履かせる はかせる hakaseru | |
| imperative N1 Put your shoes on! | 履け はけ hake |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 履きます はきます hakimasu | |
| past I put on my shoes. | 履きました はきました hakimashita | |
| negative I don't put my shoes on. | 履きません はきません hakimasen | |
| past negative I didn't put my shoes on. | 履きませんでした はきませんでした hakimasendeshita | |
| volitional Let's put our shoes on. | 履きましょう はきましょう hakimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I'm wearing shoes. | 履いている はいている haiteiru | |
| ていた I was wearing shoes. | 履いていた はいていた haiteita | |
| ています I'm wearing shoes. | 履いています はいています haiteimasu | |
| ていました I was wearing shoes. | 履いていました はいていました haiteimashita |