縫う

ぬうnuu

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Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 寄り添う, すれ違う, 彷徨う

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縫いますぬいますnuimasu
    2. negative縫いませんぬいませんnuimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative縫いましたぬいましたnuimashita
    2. negative縫いませんでしたぬいませんでしたnuimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 縫ってぬってnutte
    2. request縫ってくださいぬってくださいnutte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 縫いましょうぬいましょうnuimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative縫いたいぬいたいnuitai
    2. negative縫いたくないぬいたくないnuitakunai
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縫うぬうnuu
    2. negative縫わないぬわないnuwanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative縫ったぬったnutta
    2. negative縫わなかったぬわなかったnuwanakatta

  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縫っているぬっているnutte iru
    2. polite縫っていますぬっていますnutte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain縫えるぬえるnueru
    2. polite縫えますぬえますnuemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 縫ったらぬったらnuttara

  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縫われるぬわれるnuwareru
    2. polite縫われますぬわれますnuwaremasu
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. 縫おうぬおうnuō

  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縫えぬえnue
    2. ban縫うなぬうなnuu 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縫えばぬえばnueba
    2. negative縫わなければぬわなければnuwanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain縫わせるぬわせるnuwaseru
    2. polite縫わせますぬわせますnuwasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain縫わせられるぬわせられるnuwaserareru
    2. polite縫わせられますぬわせられますnuwaseraremasu