祝う

いわうiwau

celebrate

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 向き合う, 呪う, 話し合う

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祝いますいわいますiwaimasu
    2. negative祝いませんいわいませんiwaimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative祝いましたいわいましたiwaimashita
    2. negative祝いませんでしたいわいませんでしたiwaimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 祝っていわってiwatte
    2. request祝ってくださいいわってくださいiwatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 祝いましょういわいましょうiwaimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative祝いたいいわいたいiwaitai
    2. negative祝いたくないいわいたくないiwaitakunai
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祝ういわうiwau
    2. negative祝わないいわわないiwawanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative祝ったいわったiwatta
    2. negative祝わなかったいわわなかったiwawanakatta

  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祝っているいわっているiwatte iru
    2. polite祝っていますいわっていますiwatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain祝えるいわえるiwaeru
    2. polite祝えますいわえますiwaemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 祝ったらいわったらiwattara

  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祝われるいわわれるiwawareru
    2. polite祝われますいわわれますiwawaremasu
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. 祝おういわおうiwaō

  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祝えいわえiwae
    2. ban祝うないわうなiwau 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祝えばいわえばiwaeba
    2. negative祝わなければいわわなければiwawanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain祝わせるいわわせるiwawaseru
    2. polite祝わせますいわわせますiwawasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain祝わせられるいわわせられるiwawaserareru
    2. polite祝わせられますいわわせられますiwawaseraremasu