まけ
make
まけ is the conditional stem of まく — to wind, to coil, to roll, to wear (e.g. turban, scarf).
- to envelope, to shroud
- to outflank, to skirt
How it’s built
Conditional stem (仮定形). Add ば to say “if”: 書け → 書けば (if you write).
まく is a godan verb (u-verb), so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of まく. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of まく
| Polite (ます形) | まきます |
| Polite negative (ません) | まきません |
| Polite past (ました) | まきました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | まきませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | まきましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | まき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | まきたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | まきながら |
| Te-form (て形) | まいて |
| Plain past (た形) | まいた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | まいたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | まいている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | まかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | まかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | まかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | まける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | まけば |
| Imperative (命令形) ← this one | まけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | まこう |
| Passive (受身形) | まかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | まかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | まかされる |
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Other forms and spellings
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