歩く expresses walking. The examples use polite everyday Japanese.
The idea
歩く is a godan verb. 歩きます is polite non-past, 歩きません negative, 歩きました past and 歩いて the て-form. を can mark the route traversed; まで marks the endpoint. In these uses the verb is intransitive.
| Dictionary form | Polite non-past | Polite negative | Polite past | て-form | Plain negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 歩く | 歩きます | 歩きません | 歩きました | 歩いて | 歩かない |
Examples
- 毎朝、公園を歩きます。I walk through the park every morning.
- 駅まで歩きます。I walk as far as the station.
- 昨日、友だちと歩きました。Yesterday I walked with a friend.
- 今日は歩きません。I will not walk today.
- この道をまっすぐ歩いてください。Please walk straight along this road.
- 学校から家まで歩きます。I walk from school to home.
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Watch out
In 公園を歩く, を marks the space walked through, not an object being acted on.
Try it yourself
Choose the particle in brackets. 公園_歩きます。(を/に)
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を
を is correct. を can mark the route traversed; まで marks the endpoint.
Complete the ending to make the verb’s て-form. この道を歩_ください。(歩く→て)
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いて
いて completes 歩いて. 歩いて is the て-form of 歩く; it joins actions or precedes ください in a request.
Complete the ending to make the polite past. 昨日、友だちと歩_。(歩く→ました)
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きました
きました completes 歩きました. 歩きました is the polite past of 歩く; 昨日 places the event yesterday.
Practice round
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Choose the particle in brackets. 公園_歩きます。(を/に)
Complete the ending to make the verb’s て-form. この道を歩_ください。(歩く→て)
Complete the ending to make the polite past. 昨日、友だちと歩_。(歩く→ました)
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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