話す

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
話
はな
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "話す"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		話す はな​す
Imperative (命令形) 話せ はな​せ
Key constructions
Passive 話される はなされ​る
Causative 話させる はなさせ​る
Potential 話せる はなせ​る
Volitional 話そう はなそ​ー
Negative 話さない はなさ​ない
Negative perfective 話さなかった はなさ​なかった
Formal 話します はなしま​す
Perfective 話した はな​した
Conjunctive 話して はな​して
Hypothetical conditional 話せば はな​せば

Verb

話(はな)す • (hanasu) transitive or intransitive godan (stem 話(はな)し (hanashi), past 話(はな)した (hanashita))

  1. (transitive) to talk (about something); to speak (on a subject); to converse
    話(はな)していい？
    Hanashite ii?
    Can I talk to you about something?
  2. to speak (a language)
    アイスランドではアイスランド語(ご)を話(はな)します。
    Aisurando de wa Aisurando-go o hanashimasu.
    They speak Icelandic in Iceland.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "話す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 話さ はなさ hanasa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 話し はなし hanashi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 話す はなす hanasu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 話す はなす hanasu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 話せ はなせ hanase
Meireikei ("imperative") 話せ はなせ hanase
Key constructions
Passive 話される はなされる hanasareru
Causative 話させる
話さす 		はなさせる
はなさす 		hanasaseru
hanasasu
Potential 話せる はなせる hanaseru
Volitional 話そう はなそう hanasō
Negative 話さない はなさない hanasanai
Negative continuative 話さず はなさず hanasazu
Formal 話します はなします hanashimasu
Perfective 話した はなした hanashita
Conjunctive 話して はなして hanashite
Hypothetical conditional 話せば はなせば hanaseba

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Miyako

Kanji in this term
話
Grade: 2

Noun

話(ぱな)す (panasu) 

  1. Alternative form of 話 (panasu)
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