話す

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
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
Imperative (命令形) 話せ
Key constructions
Passive 話される なされ
Causative 話させる なさせ
Potential 話せる なせ
Volitional 話そう なそ
Negative 話さない なさない
Negative perfective 話さなかった なさなかった
Formal 話します なしま
Perfective 話した した
Conjunctive 話して して
Hypothetical conditional 話せば せば

Verb

(はな) (hanasutransitive or intransitive godan (stem (はな) (hanashi), past (はな)した (hanashita))

  1. (transitive) to talk (about something); to speak (on a subject); to converse
    (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()(はな)します
    Aisurando de wa Aisurando-go o hanashimasu.
    They speak Icelandic in Iceland.

Conjugation

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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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Miyako

Kanji in this term
Grade: 2

Noun

(ぱな) (panasu

  1. Alternative form of (panasu)