綴る
つづる · tsuzuru
To spell
- to write, to compose, to frame
- to bind (e.g. documents), to patch, to sew together, to stitch together
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 綴りますつづります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 綴りませんつづりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 綴りましたつづりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 綴りませんでしたつづりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 綴りましょうつづりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 綴りつづり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 綴りたいつづりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 綴りながらつづりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 綴ってつづって |
| Plain past (た形) | 綴ったつづった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 綴ったらつづったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 綴っているつづっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 綴らないつづらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 綴らなかったつづらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 綴らなくてつづらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 綴れるつづれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 綴ればつづれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 綴れつづれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 綴ろうつづろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 綴られるつづられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 綴らせるつづらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 綴らされるつづらされる |
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What does 綴る mean?
To spell. It can also mean: to write, to compose, to frame; to bind (e.g. documents), to patch, to sew together, to stitch together.
How do you pronounce 綴る?
つづる (tsuzuru). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
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