Godan verb (く)
築くきずく
kizukuAlso romanised kizuku: 気づく (きづく, notice). All 2 words
築く (きずく, kizuku) — to build — is a godan verb ending in く: 築いて (te-form), 築いた (past), 築かない (negative), 築きます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to construct; to erect.
How 築く 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.
か築かないnegative
き築きますpolite present
く築くdictionary form
け築けるpotential築けばif
こ築こうvolitional
The て and た forms · く → いて, いた
い築いてte-form築いた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 N5 | 築く きずく kizuku | |
| past N5 I constructed it. | 築いた きずいた kizuita | |
| negative N5 I don't build it. | 築かない きずかない kizukanai | |
| te-form N5 I construct something and … | 築いて きずいて kizuite | |
| past negative N4 I didn't build it. | 築かなかった きずかなかった kizukanakatta | |
| volitional N4 Let's construct it. | 築こう きずこう kizukou | |
| potential N3 I can construct it. | 築ける きずける kizukeru | |
| cond. ば N3 If I build it, ... | 築けば きずけば kizukeba | |
| cond. たら N3 When I build it, ... | 築いたら きずいたら kizuitara | |
| passive N2 It gets built. | 築かれる きずかれる kizukareru | |
| causative N2 | 築かせる きずかせる kizukaseru | |
| imperative N1 Build it! | 築け きずけ kizuke |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | 築きます きずきます kizukimasu | |
| past N5 I constructed it. | 築きました きずきました kizukimashita | |
| negative N5 I don't build it. | 築きません きずきません kizukimasen | |
| past negative N4 I didn't build it. | 築きませんでした きずきませんでした kizukimasendeshita | |
| volitional N4 Let's construct it. | 築きましょう きずきましょう kizukimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている N4 I'm constructing something. | 築いている きずいている kizuiteiru | |
| ていた N4 I was constructing something. | 築いていた きずいていた kizuiteita | |
| ています N4 I'm constructing something. | 築いています きずいています kizuiteimasu | |
| ていました N4 I was constructing something. | 築いていました きずいていました kizuiteimashita |