叶う

かなうkanau

come true

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 救う, 誘う, 嫌う

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叶いますかないますkanaimasu
    2. negative叶いませんかないませんkanaimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative叶いましたかないましたkanaimashita
    2. negative叶いませんでしたかないませんでしたkanaimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 叶ってかなってkanatte
    2. request叶ってくださいかなってくださいkanatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 叶いましょうかないましょうkanaimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative叶いたいかないたいkanaitai
    2. negative叶いたくないかないたくないkanaitakunai
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叶うかなうkanau
    2. negative叶わないかなわないkanawanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative叶ったかなったkanatta
    2. negative叶わなかったかなわなかったkanawanakatta

  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叶っているかなっているkanatte iru
    2. polite叶っていますかなっていますkanatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain叶えるかなえるkanaeru
    2. polite叶えますかなえますkanaemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 叶ったらかなったらkanattara

  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叶われるかなわれるkanawareru
    2. polite叶われますかなわれますkanawaremasu
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. 叶おうかなおうkanaō

  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叶えかなえkanae
    2. ban叶うなかなうなkanau 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叶えばかなえばkanaeba
    2. negative叶わなければかなわなければkanawanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain叶わせるかなわせるkanawaseru
    2. polite叶わせますかなわせますkanawasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain叶わせられるかなわせられるkanawaserareru
    2. polite叶わせられますかなわせられますkanawaseraremasu