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乾く

to dry

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Conjugation of 乾く

This verb follows the godan conjugation pattern.
私/俺
Present informal tense
乾く
kawaku
I dry
Present informal negative tense
乾かない
kawakanai
I don't dry
Present formal tense
乾きます
kawakimasu
I dry
Present formal negative tense
乾きません
kawakimasen
I do not dry
私/俺
Past informal tense
乾いた
kawaita
I dried
Past informal negative tense
乾かなかった
kawakanakatta
I didn't dry
Past formal tense
乾きました
kawakimashita
I dry
Past formal negative tense
乾きませんでした
kawakimasen deshita
I did not dry
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
乾け
kawake
dry
Imperative negative mood
乾くな
kawaku na
don't dry
Imperative formal mood
乾いてください
kawaite kudasai
please dry
Imperative formal negative mood
乾かないでください
kawakanai dekudasai
please do not dry
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
乾いて
kawaite
dry
Passive stem
乾かれる
kawakareru
dried
Hypothetical tense
乾け
kawake
if I dried
Hypothetical conditional stem
乾けば
kawakeba
dried
私/俺
Volitional stem
乾こう
kawakō
will dry
Potential stem
乾ける
kawakeru
dried
Continuative stem
乾き
kawaki
drying
Causative stem
乾かせる
kawakaseru
allow to dry
私/俺
Imperfective stem
乾か
kawaka
dry

Examples of 乾く

乾け！

Dry!