知り合う

しりあうshiriau

get acquainted

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 手伝う, 味わう, 背負う

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知り合いますしりあいますshiriaimasu
    2. negative知り合いませんしりあいませんshiriaimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative知り合いましたしりあいましたshiriaimashita
    2. negative知り合いませんでしたしりあいませんでしたshiriaimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 知り合ってしりあってshiriatte
    2. request知り合ってくださいしりあってくださいshiriatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 知り合いましょうしりあいましょうshiriaimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative知り合いたいしりあいたいshiriaitai
    2. negative知り合いたくないしりあいたくないshiriaitakunai
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知り合うしりあうshiriau
    2. negative知り合わないしりあわないshiriawanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative知り合ったしりあったshiriatta
    2. negative知り合わなかったしりあわなかったshiriawanakatta

  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知り合っているしりあっているshiriatte iru
    2. polite知り合っていますしりあっていますshiriatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain知り合えるしりあえるshiriaeru
    2. polite知り合えますしりあえますshiriaemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 知り合ったらしりあったらshiriattara

  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知り合われるしりあわれるshiriawareru
    2. polite知り合われますしりあわれますshiriawaremasu
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. 知り合おうしりあおうshiriaō

  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知り合えしりあえshiriae
    2. ban知り合うなしりあうなshiriau 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知り合えばしりあえばshiriaeba
    2. negative知り合わなければしりあわなければshiriawanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain知り合わせるしりあわせるshiriawaseru
    2. polite知り合わせますしりあわせますshiriawasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain知り合わせられるしりあわせられるshiriawaserareru
    2. polite知り合わせられますしりあわせられますshiriawaseraremasu