I Love Kanji手伝う (tetsudau)
手伝う (てつだう, tetsudau) is a Japanese verb meaning “to help; to assist”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- てつだう
- Romaji
- tetsudau
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to help; to assist; to aid · godan verb, transitive
- to contribute to; to be a factor in · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 手伝う
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 手伝う | てつだう tetsudau |
| Polite (~masu) | 手伝います | てつだいます tetsudaimasu |
| Negative | 手伝わない | てつだわない tetsudawanai |
| Polite negative | 手伝いません | てつだいません tetsudaimasen |
| Past | 手伝った | てつだった tetsudatta |
| Polite past | 手伝いました | てつだいました tetsudaimashita |
| Negative past | 手伝わなかった | てつだわなかった tetsudawanakatta |
| Te-form | 手伝って | てつだって tetsudatte |
| Potential | 手伝える | てつだえる tetsudaeru |
| Passive | 手伝われる | てつだわれる tetsudawareru |
| Causative | 手伝わせる | てつだわせる tetsudawaseru |
| Volitional | 手伝おう | てつだおう tetsudaou |
| Imperative | 手伝え | てつだえ tetsudae |
| Conditional (~ba) | 手伝えば | てつだえば tetsudaeba |
Kanji in 手伝う
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 手伝う.
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Source: JMdict entry 1328190 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.