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でけ

deke

auxiliary verb 仮定形

is the conditional stem of でく — technique.

Full entry for

How it’s built

でく でけ

Conditional stem (). Add ば to say “if”: 書け → 書けば (if you write).

でく 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 できます
Polite negative できません
Polite past できました
Polite past negative できませんでした
Let us ~ できましょう
Masu-stem でき
Want to ~ できたい
While ~ing できながら
Te-form でいて
Plain past でいた
Tara-conditional でいたら
Progressive でいている
Plain negative でかない
Plain past negative でかなかった
Negative te-form でかなくて
Potential でける
Ba-conditional でけば
Imperative ← this oneでけ
Volitional でこう
Passive でかれる
Causative でかせる
Causative-passive でかされる

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In real sentences

We played games at the party.

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We played games at the party.

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I plan to play games from morning to night.

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Other forms and spellings

てきゃできゃてこてこうてこってこふでこでこうでこっでこふてかでかてくでてきでき
conditional stem of でく