競い合う

きそいあうkisoiau

compete

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 占う, 愛し合う, 触れ合う

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競い合いますきそいあいますkisoiaimasu
    2. negative競い合いませんきそいあいませんkisoiaimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative競い合いましたきそいあいましたkisoiaimashita
    2. negative競い合いませんでしたきそいあいませんでしたkisoiaimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 競い合ってきそいあってkisoiatte
    2. request競い合ってくださいきそいあってくださいkisoiatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 競い合いましょうきそいあいましょうkisoiaimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative競い合いたいきそいあいたいkisoiaitai
    2. negative競い合いたくないきそいあいたくないkisoiaitakunai
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競い合うきそいあうkisoiau
    2. negative競い合わないきそいあわないkisoiawanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative競い合ったきそいあったkisoiatta
    2. negative競い合わなかったきそいあわなかったkisoiawanakatta

  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競い合っているきそいあっているkisoiatte iru
    2. polite競い合っていますきそいあっていますkisoiatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain競い合えるきそいあえるkisoiaeru
    2. polite競い合えますきそいあえますkisoiaemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 競い合ったらきそいあったらkisoiattara

  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競い合われるきそいあわれるkisoiawareru
    2. polite競い合われますきそいあわれますkisoiawaremasu
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. 競い合おうきそいあおうkisoiaō

  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競い合えきそいあえkisoiae
    2. ban競い合うなきそいあうなkisoiau 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競い合えばきそいあえばkisoiaeba
    2. negative競い合わなければきそいあわなければkisoiawanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain競い合わせるきそいあわせるkisoiawaseru
    2. polite競い合わせますきそいあわせますkisoiawasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain競い合わせられるきそいあわせられるkisoiawaserareru
    2. polite競い合わせられますきそいあわせられますkisoiawaseraremasu