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いく

行く

N5

go

iku

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JLPT
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Meanings

  1. 1
    to go; to move (towards); to head (towards)u-verb (行く, irregular て-form)intransitive
  2. 2
    to move through; to travel across; to walk along (e.g. a road)u-verb (行く, irregular て-form)intransitive
  3. 3
    to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to turn outu-verb (行く, irregular て-form)intransitive

JMdict 1578850

Conjugation

FormConjugatedReading
Polite Present (~masu)
行きますいきます
いきます
Polite Past (~mashita)
行きましたいきました
いきました
Polite Negative (~masen)
行きませんいきません
いきません
Plain Negative (~nai)
行かないいかない
いかない
Te-form (Connecting)
行っていって
いって
Plain Past (~ta)
行ったいった
いった
Potential (Can do)
行けるいける
いける

In a sentence

学校(がっこう)schoolに行(い)くgoよ

I'm going to school!

How it works

に (to) marks the destination — 学校(がっこう) (school) — and the plain verb 行く(いく) (go) keeps it casual. The final よ (emphasis) adds emphasis, like telling the listener something with conviction: “I'm going to school, you know.”

Written with

  • 行going6 strokes

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