手伝う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
手 伝
て
Grade: 1 		つだ
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
手傳う (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「手伝う」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		手伝う てつだう
Imperative (命令形) 手伝え てつだえ
Key constructions
Passive 手伝われる てつだわれる
Causative 手伝わせる てつだわせる
Potential 手伝える てつだえる
Volitional 手伝おう てつだおー
Negative 手伝わない てつだわない
Negative perfective 手伝わなかった てつだわなかった
Formal 手伝います てつだいます
Perfective 手伝った てつだった
Conjunctive 手伝って てつだって
Hypothetical conditional 手伝えば てつだえば

Verb

手(て)伝(つだ)う • (tetsudau) ←てつだふ (tetudafu)?transitive godan (stem 手(て)伝(つだ)い (tetsudai), past 手(て)伝(つだ)った (tetsudatta))

  1. to help; to assist
    荷物(にもつ)を運(はこ)ぶのを手伝(てつだ)ってください
    nimotsu o hakobu no o tetsudatte kudasai
    Please help me transport the luggage

Usage notes

The 1981 Cabinet notification prescribes (付表の語1) the okurigana usage 手伝う.


Conjugation

Conjugation of "手伝う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 手伝わ てつだわ tetsudawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 手伝い てつだい tetsudai
Shūshikei ("terminal") 手伝う てつだう tetsudau
Rentaikei ("attributive") 手伝う てつだう tetsudau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 手伝え てつだえ tetsudae
Meireikei ("imperative") 手伝え てつだえ tetsudae
Key constructions
Passive 手伝われる てつだわれる tetsudawareru
Causative 手伝わせる
手伝わす 		てつだわせる
てつだわす 		tetsudawaseru
tetsudawasu
Potential 手伝える てつだえる tetsudaeru
Volitional 手伝おう てつだおう tetsudaō
Negative 手伝わない てつだわない tetsudawanai
Negative continuative 手伝わず てつだわず tetsudawazu
Formal 手伝います てつだいます tetsudaimasu
Perfective 手伝った てつだった tetsudatta
Conjunctive 手伝って てつだって tetsudatte
Hypothetical conditional 手伝えば てつだえば tetsudaeba

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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