Godan verb (く)
貫くつらぬく
tsuranuku貫く (つらぬく, tsuranuku) — to go through — is a godan verb ending in く: 貫いて (te-form), 貫いた (past), 貫かない (negative), 貫きます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to pierce; to penetrate.
How 貫く 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.
か貫かないnegative
き貫きますpolite present
く貫くdictionary form
け貫けるpotential貫けばif
こ貫こうvolitional
The て and た forms · く → いて, いた
い貫いてte-form貫いた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.
Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 貫く つらぬく tsuranuku | |
| past I pierced it. | 貫いた つらぬいた tsuranuita | |
| negative I don't pierce through it. | 貫かない つらぬかない tsuranukanai | |
| te-form I pierce it and … | 貫いて つらぬいて tsuranuite | |
| past negative | 貫かなかった つらぬかなかった tsuranukanakatta | |
| volitional Let's pierce through it. | 貫こう つらぬこう tsuranukou | |
| potential I can pierce through it. | 貫ける つらぬける tsuranukeru | |
| cond. ば If I pierce it, ... | 貫けば つらぬけば tsuranukeba | |
| cond. たら If I pierce through it, ... | 貫いたら つらぬいたら tsuranuitara | |
| passive It gets pierced through. | 貫かれる つらぬかれる tsuranukareru | |
| causative | 貫かせる つらぬかせる tsuranukaseru | |
| imperative Pierce through it! | 貫け つらぬけ tsuranuke |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 貫きます つらぬきます tsuranukimasu | |
| past I pierced it. | 貫きました つらぬきました tsuranukimashita | |
| negative I don't pierce through it. | 貫きません つらぬきません tsuranukimasen | |
| past negative | 貫きませんでした つらぬきませんでした tsuranukimasendeshita | |
| volitional Let's pierce through it. | 貫きましょう つらぬきましょう tsuranukimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I'm piercing through it. | 貫いている つらぬいている tsuranuiteiru | |
| ていた I was piercing through it. | 貫いていた つらぬいていた tsuranuiteita | |
| ています I'm piercing through it. | 貫いています つらぬいています tsuranuiteimasu | |
| ていました I was piercing through it. | 貫いていました つらぬいていました tsuranuiteimashita |