Ichidan verb
続けるつづける
tsuzukeru続ける (つづける, tsuzukeru) — to continue — is an ichidan verb: 続けて (te-form), 続けた (past), 続けない (negative), 続けます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to keep up; to keep on.
How 続ける conjugates · ichidan verb
Drop the る, then add the ending.
Nothing else moves: every ending attaches straight to the stem 続け. That is what makes ichidan the easy class.
続ける
dropsstem + ending
続けない続けないnegative · I don't continue it.
続けます続けますpolite present
続けて続けてte-form · I continue it and …
続けた続けたpast · I continued it.
続けられる続けられるpotential · I can keep it up.
続ければ続ければif · If I continue it, ...
続けよう続けようvolitional · Let's continue.
No sound changes and no vowel rows. The catch is telling ichidan from godan: plenty of godan verbs end in る too.
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Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 続ける つづける tsuzukeru | |
| past I continued it. | 続けた つづけた tsuzuketa | |
| negative I don't continue it. | 続けない つづけない tsuzukenai | |
| te-form I continue it and … | 続けて つづけて tsuzukete | |
| past negative | 続けなかった つづけなかった tsuzukenakatta | |
| volitional Let's continue. | 続けよう つづけよう tsuzukeyou | |
| potential N3 I can keep it up. | 続けられる つづけられる tsuzukerareru | |
| cond. ば N3 If I continue it, ... | 続ければ つづければ tsuzukereba | |
| cond. たら N3 If I keep it up, ... | 続けたら つづけたら tsuzuketara | |
| passive N2 | 続けられる つづけられる tsuzukerareru | |
| causative N2 I make someone continue it. | 続けさせる つづけさせる tsuzukesaseru | |
| imperative N1 Keep going! | 続けろ つづけろ tsuzukero |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 続けます つづけます tsuzukemasu | |
| past I continued it. | 続けました つづけました tsuzukemashita | |
| negative I don't continue it. | 続けません つづけません tsuzukemasen | |
| past negative | 続けませんでした つづけませんでした tsuzukemasendeshita | |
| volitional Let's continue. | 続けましょう つづけましょう tsuzukemashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I'm continuing it. | 続けている つづけている tsuzuketeiru | |
| ていた I was continuing it. | 続けていた つづけていた tsuzuketeita | |
| ています I'm continuing it. | 続けています つづけています tsuzuketeimasu | |
| ていました I was continuing it. | 続けていました つづけていました tsuzuketeimashita |