好く
すく · suku
To like, to love, to be fond of
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| Polite (ます形) | 好きますすきます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 好きませんすきません |
| Polite past (ました) | 好きましたすきました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 好きませんでしたすきませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 好きましょうすきましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 好きすき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 好きたいすきたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 好きながらすきながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 好いてすいて |
| Plain past (た形) | 好いたすいた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 好いたらすいたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 好いているすいている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 好かないすかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 好かなかったすかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 好かなくてすかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 好けるすける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 好けばすけば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 好けすけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 好こうすこう |
| Passive (受身形) | 好かれるすかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 好かせるすかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 好かされるすかされる |
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What does 好く mean?
To like, to love, to be fond of.
How do you pronounce 好く?
すく (suku). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
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