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Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 疑う, 支払う, 揃う

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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覆いますおおいますōimasu
    2. negative覆いませんおおいませんōimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative覆いましたおおいましたōimashita
    2. negative覆いませんでしたおおいませんでしたōimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 覆っておおってōtte
    2. request覆ってくださいおおってくださいōtte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 覆いましょうおおいましょうōimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative覆いたいおおいたいōitai
    2. negative覆いたくないおおいたくないōitakunai
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覆うおおうōu
    2. negative覆わないおおわないōwanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative覆ったおおったōtta
    2. negative覆わなかったおおわなかったōwanakatta

  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覆っているおおっているōtte iru
    2. polite覆っていますおおっていますōtte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain覆えるおおえるōeru
    2. polite覆えますおおえますōemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 覆ったらおおったらōttara

  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覆われるおおわれるōwareru
    2. polite覆われますおおわれますōwaremasu
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. 覆おうおおおうōō

  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覆えおおえōe
    2. ban覆うなおおうなōu 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覆えばおおえばōeba
    2. negative覆わなければおおわなければōwanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain覆わせるおおわせるōwaseru
    2. polite覆わせますおおわせますōwasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain覆わせられるおおわせられるōwaserareru
    2. polite覆わせられますおおわせられますōwaseraremasu