笑う

わらうwarau

laugh

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 違う, 会う, 向かう

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笑いますわらいますwaraimasu
    2. negative笑いませんわらいませんwaraimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative笑いましたわらいましたwaraimashita
    2. negative笑いませんでしたわらいませんでしたwaraimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 笑ってわらってwaratte
    2. request笑ってくださいわらってくださいwaratte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 笑いましょうわらいましょうwaraimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative笑いたいわらいたいwaraitai
    2. negative笑いたくないわらいたくないwaraitakunai
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笑うわらうwarau
    2. negative笑わないわらわないwarawanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative笑ったわらったwaratta
    2. negative笑わなかったわらわなかったwarawanakatta

  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笑っているわらっているwaratte iru
    2. polite笑っていますわらっていますwaratte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain笑えるわらえるwaraeru
    2. polite笑えますわらえますwaraemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 笑ったらわらったらwarattara

  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笑われるわらわれるwarawareru
    2. polite笑われますわらわれますwarawaremasu
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. 笑おうわらおうwaraō

  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笑えわらえwarae
    2. ban笑うなわらうなwarau 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笑えばわらえばwaraeba
    2. negative笑わなければわらわなければwarawanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain笑わせるわらわせるwarawaseru
    2. polite笑わせますわらわせますwarawasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain笑わせられるわらわせられるwarawaserareru
    2. polite笑わせられますわらわせられますwarawaseraremasu