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けっ

ke

JLPT N3 verb 連用形

is the masu-stem of ける — to kick.

  • to refuse, to reject
  • to stamp (on the ground), to firmly press one's feet (against something)
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How it’s built

ける けっ

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.

This spelling is the version with a small っ (sound change before て/た): 待っ → 待って.

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

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In real sentences

Movie tickets can be reserved starting the day before.

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When I tried on this jacket, the shoulders were a bit tight.

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I bought a ticket.

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Other forms and spellings

ケルけりゃけろけろうけろっけろふけるけりけッゲル
masu-stem of ける