ぱたぱた

See also: はたはた, はだはだ, and ばたばた

Japanese

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぱたぱた [páꜜtàpàtà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [pa̠ta̠pa̠ta̠]

Adverb

ぱたぱた or パタパタ • (patapata) 

1. sound of something flapping
2. pitter-patter
3. quickly

Derived terms

• パタパタ (Patapata, “Koopa Paratroopa”)

Verb

ぱたぱたする or パタパタする • (patapata suru) suru (stem ぱたぱたし (patapatasuru shi), past ぱたぱたした (patapatasuru shita))

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Conjugation

Conjugation of "ぱたぱたする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	ぱたぱたし	patapata shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	ぱたぱたし	patapata shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	ぱたぱたする	patapata suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	ぱたぱたする	patapata suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	ぱたぱたすれ	patapata sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	ぱたぱたせよ¹ ぱたぱたしろ²	patapata seyo¹ patapata shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	ぱたぱたされる	patapata sareru
Causative	ぱたぱたさせる ぱたぱたさす	patapata saseru patapata sasu
Potential	ぱたぱたできる	patapata dekiru
Volitional	ぱたぱたしよう	patapata shiyō
Negative	ぱたぱたしない	patapata shinai
Negative continuative	ぱたぱたせず	patapata sezu
Formal	ぱたぱたします	patapata shimasu
Perfective	ぱたぱたした	patapata shita
Conjunctive	ぱたぱたして	patapata shite
Hypothetical conditional	ぱたぱたすれば	patapata sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative