Godan verb (く)

焚くたく

taku

to burn · N2

Also read たく: 炊く (cook rice). All 2 words

焚く (たく, taku) — to burn — is a godan verb ending in く: 焚いて (te-form), 焚いた (past), 焚かない (negative), 焚きます (polite).

It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to kindle; to light.

How 焚く 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.

か焚かないnegative

き焚きますpolite present

く焚くdictionary form

け焚けるpotential焚けばif

こ焚こうvolitional

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

Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.

PLAIN

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	焚くたく taku
past N5 I lit a fire.	焚いたたいた taita
negative N5 I don't light a fire.	焚かないたかない takanai
te-form N5 I light a fire and …	焚いてたいて taite
past negative N4 I didn't light a fire.	焚かなかったたかなかった takanakatta
volitional N4 Let's light a fire.	焚こうたこう takou
potential N3 I can light a fire.	焚けるたける takeru
cond. ば N3 If I light a fire, ...	焚けばたけば takeba
cond. たら N3 When I light a fire, ...	焚いたらたいたら taitara
passive N2 A fire gets lit.	焚かれるたかれる takareru
causative N2	焚かせるたかせる takaseru
imperative N1 Light a fire!	焚けたけ take

POLITE

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	焚きますたきます takimasu
past N5 I lit a fire.	焚きましたたきました takimashita
negative N5 I don't light a fire.	焚きませんたきません takimasen
past negative N4 I didn't light a fire.	焚きませんでしたたきませんでした takimasendeshita
volitional N4 Let's light a fire.	焚きましょうたきましょう takimashou

ASPECT

Form	Conjugation	Audio
ている N4 I have a fire going.	焚いているたいている taiteiru
ていた N4 I had a fire going.	焚いていたたいていた taiteita
ています N4 I have a fire going.	焚いていますたいています taiteimasu
ていました N4 I had a fire going.	焚いていましたたいていました taiteimashita