戦う

たたかうtatakau

fight

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 歌う, 食う, 扱う

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戦いますたたかいますtatakaimasu
    2. negative戦いませんたたかいませんtatakaimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative戦いましたたたかいましたtatakaimashita
    2. negative戦いませんでしたたたかいませんでしたtatakaimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 戦ってたたかってtatakatte
    2. request戦ってくださいたたかってくださいtatakatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 戦いましょうたたかいましょうtatakaimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative戦いたいたたかいたいtatakaitai
    2. negative戦いたくないたたかいたくないtatakaitakunai
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戦うたたかうtatakau
    2. negative戦わないたたかわないtatakawanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative戦ったたたかったtatakatta
    2. negative戦わなかったたたかわなかったtatakawanakatta

  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戦っているたたかっているtatakatte iru
    2. polite戦っていますたたかっていますtatakatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain戦えるたたかえるtatakaeru
    2. polite戦えますたたかえますtatakaemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 戦ったらたたかったらtatakattara

  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戦われるたたかわれるtatakawareru
    2. polite戦われますたたかわれますtatakawaremasu
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. 戦おうたたかおうtatakaō

  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戦えたたかえtatakae
    2. ban戦うなたたかうなtatakau 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戦えばたたかえばtatakaeba
    2. negative戦わなければたたかわなければtatakawanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain戦わせるたたかわせるtatakawaseru
    2. polite戦わせますたたかわせますtatakawasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain戦わせられるたたかわせられるtatakawaserareru
    2. polite戦わせられますたたかわせられますtatakawaseraremasu