答える

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
答
こた
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "答える"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		答える こたえ​る
こた​える
Imperative (命令形) 答えろ こたえ​ろ
こた​えろ
Key constructions
Passive 答えられる こたえられ​る
Causative 答えさせる こたえさせ​る
Potential 答えられる こたえられ​る
Volitional 答えよう こたえよ​ー
Negative 答えない こたえ​ない
Negative perfective 答えなかった こたえ​なかった
Formal 答えます こたえま​す
Perfective 答えた こた​えた
Conjunctive 答えて こた​えて
Hypothetical conditional 答えれば こたえ​れば
こた​えれば

Verb

答(こた)える • (kotaeru) ←こたへる (kotaferu)?transitive or intransitive ichidan (stem 答(こた)え (kotae), past 答(こた)えた (kotaeta))

  1. (intransitive) to answer a question
    ６(むっ)つの質(しつ)問(もん)に答(こた)える。
    Muttsu no shitsumon ni kotaeru.
    I will answer six questions.
  2. (transitive) to say in reply to a question
    名(な)前(まえ)を答(こた)えた。
    Namae o kotaeta.
    She gave her name.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "答える" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 答え こたえ kotae
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 答え こたえ kotae
Shūshikei ("terminal") 答える こたえる kotaeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 答える こたえる kotaeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 答えれ こたえれ kotaere
Meireikei ("imperative") 答えよ¹
答えろ² 		こたえよ¹
こたえろ² 		kotaeyo¹
kotaero²
Key constructions
Passive 答えられる こたえられる kotaerareru
Causative 答えさせる
答えさす 		こたえさせる
こたえさす 		kotaesaseru
kotaesasu
Potential 答えられる
答えれる³ 		こたえられる
こたえれる³ 		kotaerareru
kotaereru³
Volitional 答えよう こたえよう kotaeyō
Negative 答えない
答えぬ
答えん 		こたえない
こたえぬ
こたえん 		kotaenai
kotaenu
kotaen
Negative continuative 答えず こたえず kotaezu
Formal 答えます こたえます kotaemasu
Perfective 答えた こたえた kotaeta
Conjunctive 答えて こたえて kotaete
Hypothetical conditional 答えれば こたえれば kotaereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

See also

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