話す

Japanese

Kanji in this term
話
はな Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) はなす [hànáꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ha̠na̠sɨᵝ]

Verb

話す (transitive and intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana はなす, rōmaji hanasu)

(transitive) to talk (about something); to speak (on a subject); to converse
to speak (a language)
アイスランドではアイスランド語 (ご)を話 (はな)します。
Aisurando de wa aisurando-go o hanashimasu.
They speak Icelandic in Iceland.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "話す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	話さ	はなさ	hanasa
Continuative (連用形)	話し	はなし	hanashi
Terminal (終止形)	話す	はなす	hanasu
Attributive (連体形)	話す	はなす	hanasu
Hypothetical (仮定形)	話せ	はなせ	hanase
Imperative (命令形)	話せ	はなせ	hanase
Key constructions
Passive	話される	はなされる	hanasareru
Causative	話させる話さす	はなさせるはなさす	hanasaseru hanasasu
Potential	話せる	はなせる	hanaseru
Volitional	話そう	はなそう	hanasō
Negative	話さない	はなさない	hanasanai
Negative continuative	話さず	はなさず	hanasazu
Formal	話します	はなします	hanashimasu
Perfective	話した	はなした	hanashita
Conjunctive	話して	はなして	hanashite
Hypothetical conditional	話せば	はなせば	hanaseba

Synonyms

(speak, talk): 喋 (しゃべ)る (shaberu)

References

↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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