もらう

morau

receive

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 行う, 買う, 違う

  • Not to be confused with あげる and くれる

    あげる: you give to someone else (友達にあげる); くれる: someone gives to you or your side (友達がくれた); もらう: you receive (友達にもらった).

Newbie

The polite forms to talk about now, the future, and the past, and the te-form of requests.

  1. Polite present · -masu

    What you do, usually or soon, said politely. Japanese has one form for the present and the future.

    1. affirmativeもらいますmoraimasu
    2. negativeもらいませんmoraimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

    What you did, or did not do, said politely.

    1. affirmativeもらいましたmoraimashita
    2. negativeもらいませんでしたmoraimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

    Links actions (and then…), and with ください asks politely.

    1. もらってmoratte
    2. requestもらってくださいmoratte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. もらいましょうmoraimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

    What you want to do. Add です to be polite.

    1. affirmativeもらいたいmoraitai
    2. negativeもらいたくないmoraitakunai
BeginnerThe plain forms of everyday speech, what is going on, what you can do, conditions, and the passive.Plain present · dictionary form · Plain past · -ta · Ongoing · -te iru · Potential · If, when · -tara · PassiveAlso show the Beginner forms (6)

  1. Plain present · dictionary form

    Between friends and family, and before a noun or many phrases. It also says the future.

    1. affirmativeもらうmorau
    2. negativeもらわないmorawanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

    The past between friends and family, and before a noun.

    1. affirmativeもらったmoratta
    2. negativeもらわなかったmorawanakatta

  3. Ongoing · -te iru

    What is going on now, a habit, or a state that lasts: 結婚している, to be married.

    1. plainもらっているmoratte iru
    2. politeもらっていますmoratte imasu

  4. Potential

    What you can do. Its object often takes が: 日本語が話せる.

    1. plainもらえるmoraeru
    2. politeもらえますmoraemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

    If or once something happens, and what you found when it did.

    1. もらったらmorattara

  6. Passive

    What is done to someone, often to their regret: に marks who does it. It is also a respectful way to speak of others.

    1. plainもらわれるmorawareru
    2. politeもらわれますmorawaremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passive · Respect and modestyAlso show the Intermediate forms (6)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

    Let’s, between friends; with と思う, what you intend to do.

    1. もらおうmoraō

  2. Command

    A blunt order or ban (〜な), heard in sports, on signs, and between men. Politely, say 〜てください.

    1. orderもらえmorae
    2. banもらうなmorau na

  3. Condition · -ba

    If…: the condition for what follows. In the negative, it also says what you must do: 〜なければならない.

    1. affirmativeもらえばmoraeba
    2. negativeもらわなければmorawanakereba

  4. Causative

    Making or letting someone do something: に or を marks who does it.

    1. plainもらわせるmorawaseru
    2. politeもらわせますmorawasemasu

  5. Causative passive

    Being made to do something you did not want to. In speech, godan verbs often shorten -aserareru to -asareru.

    1. plainもらわせられるmorawaserareru
    2. politeもらわせられますmorawaseraremasu

  6. Respect and modesty

    The verbs that replace this one: respect for what others do, modesty for what you do yourself.

    1. modestyいただきますitadakimasu