命令形

命令形

Japanese

Kanji in this term
命	令	形
めい Grade: 3	れい Grade: 4	けい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

命令 (meirei) +‎ 形 (-kei)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) めーれーけー [mèéréékéé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
  • IPA^(key): [me̞ːɾe̞ːke̞ː]

Noun

命令形 (hiragana めいれいけい, rōmaji meireikei)

1. (grammar) the imperative form; an inflectional category

Related terms

• 已 (い)然 (ぜん)形 (けい) (izenkei, “realis”)
• 仮 (か)定 (てい)形 (けい) (kateikei, “conditional”)
• 終 (しゅう)止 (し)形 (けい) (shūshikei, “conclusive”)
• 未 (み)然 (ぜん)形 (けい) (mizenkei, “irrealis”)
• 連 (れん)用 (よう)形 (けい) (ren'yōkei, “adverbial”)
• 連体形 (れんたいけい) (rentaikei, “attributive”)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

• Shibatani, Masayoshi (1990) The languages of Japan, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 221-224