占う

うらなうuranau

tell fortunes

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 囲う, 気遣う, 愛し合う

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占いますうらないますuranaimasu
    2. negative占いませんうらないませんuranaimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative占いましたうらないましたuranaimashita
    2. negative占いませんでしたうらないませんでしたuranaimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 占ってうらなってuranatte
    2. request占ってくださいうらなってくださいuranatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 占いましょううらないましょうuranaimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative占いたいうらないたいuranaitai
    2. negative占いたくないうらないたくないuranaitakunai
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占ううらなうuranau
    2. negative占わないうらなわないuranawanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative占ったうらなったuranatta
    2. negative占わなかったうらなわなかったuranawanakatta

  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占っているうらなっているuranatte iru
    2. polite占っていますうらなっていますuranatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain占えるうらなえるuranaeru
    2. polite占えますうらなえますuranaemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 占ったらうらなったらuranattara

  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占われるうらなわれるuranawareru
    2. polite占われますうらなわれますuranawaremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passiveAlso show the Intermediate forms (5)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

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

    1. 占おううらなおうuranaō

  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占えうらなえuranae
    2. ban占うなうらなうなuranau 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占えばうらなえばuranaeba
    2. negative占わなければうらなわなければuranawanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain占わせるうらなわせるuranawaseru
    2. polite占わせますうらなわせますuranawasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain占わせられるうらなわせられるuranawaserareru
    2. polite占わせられますうらなわせられますuranawaseraremasu