襲う

おそうosou

attack

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 嫌う, 追う, 洗う

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襲いますおそいますosoimasu
    2. negative襲いませんおそいませんosoimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative襲いましたおそいましたosoimashita
    2. negative襲いませんでしたおそいませんでしたosoimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 襲っておそってosotte
    2. request襲ってくださいおそってくださいosotte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 襲いましょうおそいましょうosoimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative襲いたいおそいたいosoitai
    2. negative襲いたくないおそいたくないosoitakunai
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襲うおそうosou
    2. negative襲わないおそわないosowanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative襲ったおそったosotta
    2. negative襲わなかったおそわなかったosowanakatta

  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襲っているおそっているosotte iru
    2. polite襲っていますおそっていますosotte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain襲えるおそえるosoeru
    2. polite襲えますおそえますosoemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 襲ったらおそったらosottara

  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襲われるおそわれるosowareru
    2. polite襲われますおそわれますosowaremasu
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. 襲おうおそおうosoō

  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襲えおそえosoe
    2. ban襲うなおそうなosou 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襲えばおそえばosoeba
    2. negative襲わなければおそわなければosowanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain襲わせるおそわせるosowaseru
    2. polite襲わせますおそわせますosowasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain襲わせられるおそわせられるosowaserareru
    2. polite襲わせられますおそわせられますosowaseraremasu