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いこ

iko

JLPT N5 verb 意志推量形

is the volitional form of いく — to go, to move (towards), to head (towards), to leave (for).

  • to move through, to travel across, to walk along (e.g. a road)
  • to go (well, badly, etc.), to proceed, to turn out, to get along
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How it’s built

いく いこ

Volitional form (). “Let’s …” or “I’ll …”: 書こう (let’s write). With とする it means “try to”.

いく is a godan verb (u-verb), so it follows that pattern.

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Three more forms of . Can you tell what each one is?

Every form of

Polite いきます
Polite negative いきません
Polite past いきました
Polite past negative いきませんでした
Let us ~ いきましょう
Masu-stem いき
Want to ~ いきたい
While ~ing いきながら
Te-form いって
Plain past いった
Tara-conditional いったら
Progressive いっている
Plain negative いかない
Plain past negative いかなかった
Negative te-form いかなくて
Potential いける
Ba-conditional いけば
Imperative いけ
Volitional いこう
Passive いかれる
Causative いかせる
Causative-passive いかされる

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In real sentences

I bought a new coat.

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She takes advantage of her exam scores and brags all the time.

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I want to start something new from the New Year.

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Other forms and spellings

いこっイこイこうイこっイこふイかいくイくイクいきイきイっいいきゃイきゃいがう
volitional form of いく