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Vol. 20 kakaru (to take)

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kakaru (to take): Group 1 
Informal Present
(Dictionary Form)
kakaru
かかる
Formal Present
(~ masu Form)
kakarimasu
かかります
Informal Past 
(~ ta Form)
kakatta
かかった
Formal Past  kakarimashita
かかりました
Informal Negative
(~ nai Form)
kakaranai
かからない
Formal Negative kakarimasen
かかりません
Informal Past Negative kakaranakatta
かからなかった
Formal Past Negative kakarimasen deshita
かかりませんでした
~ te Form kakatte
かかって
Conditional kakareba
かかれば
Volitional kakarou
かかろう
Passive --------
Causative --------
Potential --------
Imperative
(Command)
--------

Examples

Eki made juppun gurai kakarimasu.
駅まで十分ぐらいかかります。
It takes about ten minutes 
to the station. 
Kore o nihon ni okuru no ni 
ikura kakarimasu ka. 
これを日本に送るのに
いくらかかりますか。
How much does it cost 
to send this to Japan? 
Kono hon o kaku no ni 
ichi-nen kakatta. 
この本を書くのに一年かかった。
It took me a year 
to write this book.

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