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くり

kuri

verb 連用形

is the masu-stem of くる — to reel, to wind, to spin (thread).

  • to turn (pages), to flip through (a book), to leaf through (a book), to consult (a dictionary), to refer to (an encyclopedia)
  • to count (e.g. the days)
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How it’s built

くる くり

Masu-stem (). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.

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

Name that form

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

Every form of

Polite くります
Polite negative くりません
Polite past くりました
Polite past negative くりませんでした
Let us ~ くりましょう
Masu-stem ← this oneくり
Want to ~ くりたい
While ~ing くりながら
Te-form くって
Plain past くった
Tara-conditional くったら
Progressive くっている
Plain negative くらない
Plain past negative くらなかった
Negative te-form くらなくて
Potential くれる
Ba-conditional くれば
Imperative くれ
Volitional くろう
Passive くられる
Causative くらせる
Causative-passive くらされる

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In real sentences

Please press the accelerator slowly.

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I sent the uniform to the cleaners.

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My birthday and Christmas are on the same day.

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Other forms and spellings

クルこよこようこよっこよふぐれくりゃぐりゃくろぐろくろっくろふぐろっぐろふくらくる
masu-stem of くる