洗う

あらうarau

wash

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 追う, 襲う, 疑う

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洗いますあらいますaraimasu
    2. negative洗いませんあらいませんaraimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative洗いましたあらいましたaraimashita
    2. negative洗いませんでしたあらいませんでしたaraimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 洗ってあらってaratte
    2. request洗ってくださいあらってくださいaratte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 洗いましょうあらいましょうaraimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative洗いたいあらいたいaraitai
    2. negative洗いたくないあらいたくないaraitakunai
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洗うあらうarau
    2. negative洗わないあらわないarawanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative洗ったあらったaratta
    2. negative洗わなかったあらわなかったarawanakatta

  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洗っているあらっているaratte iru
    2. polite洗っていますあらっていますaratte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain洗えるあらえるaraeru
    2. polite洗えますあらえますaraemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 洗ったらあらったらarattara

  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洗われるあらわれるarawareru
    2. polite洗われますあらわれますarawaremasu
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. 洗おうあらおうaraō

  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洗えあらえarae
    2. ban洗うなあらうなarau 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洗えばあらえばaraeba
    2. negative洗わなければあらわなければarawanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain洗わせるあらわせるarawaseru
    2. polite洗わせますあらわせますarawasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain洗わせられるあらわせられるarawaserareru
    2. polite洗わせられますあらわせられますarawaseraremasu