訊ねる
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 訊 |
| たず Jinmeiyō |
| kun'yomi |
Etymology
From Old Japanese 訪ぬ (tadunu), in the 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) pattern.
Development
Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru.
Pronunciation
- Homophone: 訪ねる
Verb
訊ねる • (tazuneru) ←たづねる (taduneru)?ichidan (stem 訊ね (tazune), past 訊ねた (tazuneta))
- to ask
Conjugation
Conjugation of "訊ねる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 訊ね | たずね | tazune | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 訊ね | たずね | tazune | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 訊ねる | たずねる | tazuneru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 訊ねる | たずねる | tazuneru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 訊ねれ | たずねれ | tazunere | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 訊ねよ¹ 訊ねろ² |
たずねよ¹ たずねろ² |
tazuneyo¹ tazunero² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 訊ねられる | たずねられる | tazunerareru | |
| Causative | 訊ねさせる 訊ねさす |
たずねさせる たずねさす |
tazunesaseru tazunesasu | |
| Potential | 訊ねられる 訊ねれる³ |
たずねられる たずねれる³ |
tazunerareru tazunereru³ | |
| Volitional | 訊ねよう | たずねよう | tazuneyō | |
| Negative | 訊ねない 訊ねぬ 訊ねん |
たずねない たずねぬ たずねん |
tazunenai tazunenu tazunen | |
| Negative continuative | 訊ねず | たずねず | tazunezu | |
| Formal | 訊ねます | たずねます | tazunemasu | |
| Perfective | 訊ねた | たずねた | tazuneta | |
| Conjunctive | 訊ねて | たずねて | tazunete | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 訊ねれば | たずねれば | tazunereba | |
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