きい
kii
JLPT N3 verb 連用形
きい is the masu-stem of きく — to hear.
- to listen (e.g. to music)
- to ask, to enquire, to query
How it’s built
きく
きい
Masu-stem (連用形). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.
This spelling is the version with い (sound change before て/た): 書い → 書いて.
きく is a godan verb (u-verb), so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of きく. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of きく
| Polite (ます形) | ききます |
| Polite negative (ません) | ききません |
| Polite past (ました) | ききました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | ききませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | ききましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | きき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | ききたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | ききながら |
| Te-form (て形) | きいて |
| Plain past (た形) | きいた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | きいたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | きいている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | きかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | きかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | きかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | きける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | きけば |
| Imperative (命令形) | きけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | きこう |
| Passive (受身形) | きかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | きかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | きかされる |
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In real sentences
この映画館はとても大きい。
このえいがかんはとてもおおきい。
This movie theater is very big.
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Other forms and spellings
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