負う

おうou

carry on one's back

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 揃う, 拾う, 似合う

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負いますおいますoimasu
    2. negative負いませんおいませんoimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative負いましたおいましたoimashita
    2. negative負いませんでしたおいませんでしたoimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 負っておってotte
    2. request負ってくださいおってくださいotte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 負いましょうおいましょうoimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative負いたいおいたいoitai
    2. negative負いたくないおいたくないoitakunai
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負うおうou
    2. negative負わないおわないowanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative負ったおったotta
    2. negative負わなかったおわなかったowanakatta

  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負っているおっているotte iru
    2. polite負っていますおっていますotte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain負えるおえるoeru
    2. polite負えますおえますoemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 負ったらおったらottara

  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負われるおわれるowareru
    2. polite負われますおわれますowaremasu
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. 負おうおおうoō

  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負えおえoe
    2. ban負うなおうなou 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負えばおえばoeba
    2. negative負わなければおわなければowanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain負わせるおわせるowaseru
    2. polite負わせますおわせますowasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain負わせられるおわせられるowaserareru
    2. polite負わせられますおわせられますowaseraremasu