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可べい

Hiragana
べい
Auxiliary verb
Kanto archaic dialectal

(dialectal Kanto, Tōhoku, Hokkaidō, archaic) should; must

You should go to bed early tomorrow and rest your body.

Word Forms

The basic and commonly used forms of this auxiliary verb.

Basic forms
Form Word form Usage
Imperfective form (mizenkei)
Alternative: べから
Available forms depend on the auxiliary verb.
Continuative form (renyokei)
Alternative: べく 可かり べかり
Available forms depend on the auxiliary verb.
Conclusive form (shushikei)
Alternative: べい べえ 可え 可し べし
The basic form carrying the grammatical function.
Attributive form (rentaikei)
Alternative: べい べえ 可え 可き べき
Usage depends on the surrounding words.
Conditional form (kateikei)
Alternative: べけれ
Used when the auxiliary participates in a conditional expression.
Imperative form (meireikei) This form is not normally used for this word. Some auxiliaries do not have this form.
Common forms
Form Word form Usage
No displayable derived forms are available.
Notes
  • 「可い」は「べい/べえ」と読まれる東日本方言・古風な助動詞で、古典語助動詞「べし」に由来する。
  • 終止形・連体形の「べい/べえ」以外の活用形は古典語「べし」に準じた形で、現代方言では一般にまれ。
  • 命令形は通常用いられないため primary を null とした。

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