Godan verb (く)
撒くまく
makuAlso read まく: 巻く (wind), 蒔く (sow). All 3 words
撒く (まく, maku) — to scatter — is a godan verb ending in く: まいて (te-form), まいた (past), まかない (negative), まきます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It is usually written in kana: まく rather than 撒く. It also means to sprinkle; to strew.
How まく 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.
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.
N1 N tags give the JLPT level at which the game starts quizzing a form.
Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | まく 撒く maku | |
| past I scattered it. | まいた 撒いた maita | |
| negative I don't scatter it. | まかない 撒かない makanai | |
| te-form I scatter it and … | まいて 撒いて maite | |
| past negative I didn't scatter it. | まかなかった 撒かなかった makanakatta | |
| volitional Let's scatter it. | まこう 撒こう makou | |
| potential I can scatter it. | まける 撒ける makeru | |
| cond. ば If I were to scatter it, ... | まけば 撒けば makeba | |
| cond. たら If I scatter it, ... | まいたら 撒いたら maitara | |
| passive It gets scattered. | まかれる 撒かれる makareru | |
| causative | まかせる 撒かせる makaseru | |
| imperative N1 Scatter it! | まけ 撒け make |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | まきます 撒きます makimasu | |
| past I scattered it. | まきました 撒きました makimashita | |
| negative I don't scatter it. | まきません 撒きません makimasen | |
| past negative I didn't scatter it. | まきませんでした 撒きませんでした makimasendeshita | |
| volitional Let's scatter it. | まきましょう 撒きましょう makimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I'm scattering something. | まいている 撒いている maiteiru | |
| ていた I was scattering it. | まいていた 撒いていた maiteita | |
| ています I'm scattering something. | まいています 撒いています maiteimasu | |
| ていました I was scattering it. | まいていました 撒いていました maiteimashita |