だい
dai
JLPT N3 verb 連用形
だい is the masu-stem of だく — to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby), to embrace, to hug.
- to have (a thought or feeling), to hold, to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.), to harbor, to bear (a grudge, ill will, etc.), to entertain (hope, illusions, etc.), to cherish (e.g. an ambition)
How it’s built
だく
だい
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.
だく is a godan verb (u-verb), so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of だく. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of だく
| Polite (ます形) | だきます |
| Polite negative (ません) | だきません |
| Polite past (ました) | だきました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | だきませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | だきましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | だき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | だきたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | だきながら |
| Te-form (て形) | だいて |
| Plain past (た形) | だいた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | だいたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | だいている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | だかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | だかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | だかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | だける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | だけば |
| Imperative (命令形) | だけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | だこう |
| Passive (受身形) | だかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | だかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | だかされる |
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In real sentences
タイヤを交換します。
たいやをこうかんします。
I'll replace the tire.
Nihoner sentence bank
お金をおろしたいです。
おかねをおろしたいです。
I want to withdraw money.
Nihoner sentence bank
隣の家も停電みたいだ。
となりのいえもていでんみたいだ。
The neighbor's house seems to have a power cut too.
Nihoner sentence bank
Other forms and spellings
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