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

• (Tokyo) めーれーけー [mèéréékéé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [me̞ːɾe̞ːke̞ː]

Noun

命(めい)令(れい)形(けい) • (meireikei) 

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

Related terms

• 已然形(いぜんけい) (izenkei, “realis”)
• 仮定形(かていけい) (kateikei, “conditional”)
• 終止形(しゅうしけい) (shūshikei, “conclusive”)
• 未然形(みぜんけい) (mizenkei, “irrealis”)
• 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei, “adverbial”)
• 連体形(れんたいけい) (rentaikei, “attributive”)

References

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