歌う

うたうutau

sing

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 向かう, 合う, 食う

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歌いますうたいますutaimasu
    2. negative歌いませんうたいませんutaimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative歌いましたうたいましたutaimashita
    2. negative歌いませんでしたうたいませんでしたutaimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 歌ってうたってutatte
    2. request歌ってくださいうたってくださいutatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 歌いましょううたいましょうutaimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative歌いたいうたいたいutaitai
    2. negative歌いたくないうたいたくないutaitakunai
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歌ううたうutau
    2. negative歌わないうたわないutawanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative歌ったうたったutatta
    2. negative歌わなかったうたわなかったutawanakatta

  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歌っているうたっているutatte iru
    2. polite歌っていますうたっていますutatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain歌えるうたえるutaeru
    2. polite歌えますうたえますutaemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 歌ったらうたったらutattara

  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歌われるうたわれるutawareru
    2. polite歌われますうたわれますutawaremasu
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. 歌おううたおうutaō

  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歌えうたえutae
    2. ban歌うなうたうなutau 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歌えばうたえばutaeba
    2. negative歌わなければうたわなければutawanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain歌わせるうたわせるutawaseru
    2. polite歌わせますうたわせますutawasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain歌わせられるうたわせられるutawaserareru
    2. polite歌わせられますうたわせられますutawaseraremasu