手伝う

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
つだ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
手傳う (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) つだ [tètsúdáꜜù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [te̞t͡sɨᵝda̠ɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "手伝う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
手伝う つだ [tètsúdáꜜù]
Imperative (命令形) 手伝え つだ [tètsúdáꜜè]
Key constructions
Passive 手伝われる つだわれ [tètsúdáwáréꜜrù]
Causative 手伝わせる つだわせ [tètsúdáwáséꜜrù]
Potential 手伝える つだえ [tètsúdáéꜜrù]
Volitional 手伝おう つだお [tètsúdáóꜜò]
Negative 手伝わない つだわない [tètsúdáwáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 手伝わなかった つだわなかった [tètsúdáwáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 手伝います つだいま [tètsúdáímáꜜsù]
Perfective 手伝った つだった [tètsúdáꜜttà]
Conjunctive 手伝って つだって [tètsúdáꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 手伝えば つだえば [tètsúdáꜜèbà]

Verb

()(つだ) (tetsudau) てつだふ (tetudafu)?transitive godan (stem ()(つだ) (tetsudai), past ()(つだ)った (tetsudatta))

  1. to help; to assist
    荷物(にもつ)(はこ)のを手伝(てつだ)ってください
    nimotsu o hakobu no o tetsudatte kudasai
    Please help me transport the luggage

Usage notes

The 1981 Cabinet notification prescribes (付表1) the okurigana usage 手伝う.

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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