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. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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