競う

きそうkisou

compete

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, よそう, 養う, 慕う

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競いますきそいますkisoimasu
    2. negative競いませんきそいませんkisoimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative競いましたきそいましたkisoimashita
    2. negative競いませんでしたきそいませんでしたkisoimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 競ってきそってkisotte
    2. request競ってくださいきそってくださいkisotte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 競いましょうきそいましょうkisoimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative競いたいきそいたいkisoitai
    2. negative競いたくないきそいたくないkisoitakunai
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競うきそうkisou
    2. negative競わないきそわないkisowanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative競ったきそったkisotta
    2. negative競わなかったきそわなかったkisowanakatta

  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競っているきそっているkisotte iru
    2. polite競っていますきそっていますkisotte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain競えるきそえるkisoeru
    2. polite競えますきそえますkisoemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 競ったらきそったらkisottara

  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競われるきそわれるkisowareru
    2. polite競われますきそわれますkisowaremasu
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. 競おうきそおうkisoō

  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競えきそえkisoe
    2. ban競うなきそうなkisou 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競えばきそえばkisoeba
    2. negative競わなければきそわなければkisowanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain競わせるきそわせるkisowaseru
    2. polite競わせますきそわせますkisowasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain競わせられるきそわせられるkisowaserareru
    2. polite競わせられますきそわせられますkisowaseraremasu