説く

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
説
と
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
說く (kyūjitai)

Cognate with 解(と)く (toku).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "説く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		説く と​く
Imperative (命令形) 説け と​け
Key constructions
Passive 説かれる とかれ​る
Causative 説かせる とかせ​る
Potential 説ける とけ​る
Volitional 説こう とこ​ー
Negative 説かない とか​ない
Negative perfective 説かなかった とか​なかった
Formal 説きます ときま​す
Perfective 説いた と​いた
Conjunctive 説いて と​いて
Hypothetical conditional 説けば と​けば

Verb

説(と)く • (toku) godan (stem 説(と)き (toki), past 説(と)いた (toita))

  1. to explain
  2. to preach, to persuade

Conjugation

Conjugation of "説く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 説か とか toka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 説き とき toki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 説く とく toku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 説く とく toku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 説け とけ toke
Meireikei ("imperative") 説け とけ toke
Key constructions
Passive 説かれる とかれる tokareru
Causative 説かせる
説かす 		とかせる
とかす 		tokaseru
tokasu
Potential 説ける とける tokeru
Volitional 説こう とこう tokō
Negative 説かない とかない tokanai
Negative continuative 説かず とかず tokazu
Formal 説きます ときます tokimasu
Perfective 説いた といた toita
Conjunctive 説いて といて toite
Hypothetical conditional 説けば とけば tokeba
Classical conjugation of "説く" (カ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 説か とか toka
Continuative (連用形) 説き とき toki
Terminal (終止形) 説く とく toku
Attributive (連体形) 説く とく toku
Realis (已然形) 説け とけ toke
Imperative (命令形) 説け とけ toke
Key constructions
Negative 説かず とかず tokazu
Contrasting conjunction 説けど とけど tokedo
Causal conjunction 説けば とけば tokeba
Conditional conjunction 説かば とかば tokaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 説きき ときき tokiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 説きけり ときけり tokikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 説きつ ときつ tokitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 説きぬ ときぬ tokinu
Perfect-continuative tense 説けり
説きたり		 とけり
ときたり		 tokeri
tokitari
Volitional 説かむ とかむ tokamu

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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