思う

おもうomou

think

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 使う, しまう, 行う, 買う, もらう

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思いますおもいますomoimasu
    2. negative思いませんおもいませんomoimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative思いましたおもいましたomoimashita
    2. negative思いませんでしたおもいませんでしたomoimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 思っておもってomotte
    2. request思ってくださいおもってくださいomotte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 思いましょうおもいましょうomoimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative思いたいおもいたいomoitai
    2. negative思いたくないおもいたくないomoitakunai
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思うおもうomou
    2. negative思わないおもわないomowanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative思ったおもったomotta
    2. negative思わなかったおもわなかったomowanakatta

  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思っているおもっているomotte iru
    2. polite思っていますおもっていますomotte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain思えるおもえるomoeru
    2. polite思えますおもえますomoemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 思ったらおもったらomottara

  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思われるおもわれるomowareru
    2. polite思われますおもわれますomowaremasu
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. 思おうおもおうomoō

  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思えおもえomoe
    2. ban思うなおもうなomou 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思えばおもえばomoeba
    2. negative思わなければおもわなければomowanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain思わせるおもわせるomowaseru
    2. polite思わせますおもわせますomowasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain思わせられるおもわせられるomowaserareru
    2. polite思わせられますおもわせられますomowaseraremasu

  6. Respect and modesty

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

    1. modesty存じますぞんじますzonjimasu