導く (michibiku) conjugation
to be guided, to be shown
導く (みちびく, michibiku) is a godan verb. Godan verbs change their final kana up and down its column of the kana chart — the a-row for negatives, the i-row before ます, the e-row for potential and ば. Every form below is tappable — hear it, then say it back.
Conjugation table
| Form | Plain (casual) | Polite (~ます) | When you use it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dictionary / plain | 導く michibiku | 導きます michibikimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 導かない michibikanai | 導きません michibikimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 導いた michibiita | 導きました michibikimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 導かなかった michibikanakatta | 導きませんでした michibikimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 導いて michibiite | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 導いている michibiiteiru | 導いています michibiiteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 導きたい michibikitai | 導きたいです michibikitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 導こう michibikou | 導きましょう michibikimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 導ける michibikeru | 導けます michibikemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 導かれる michibikareru | 導かれます michibikaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 導かせる michibikaseru | 導かせます michibikasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 導かされる michibikasareru | 導かされます michibikasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 導け michibike | 導いてください michibiitekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 導くな michibikuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 導けば michibikeba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 導いたら michibiitara | — | “if / when ~”. The everyday conditional. |
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Why it conjugates this way
Godan verbs change their final kana up and down its column of the kana chart — the a-row for negatives, the i-row before ます, the e-row for potential and ば.
See the full rules on the verb conjugation guide.