迷う

まようmayou

get lost

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 吸う, 従う, 構う

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迷いますまよいますmayoimasu
    2. negative迷いませんまよいませんmayoimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative迷いましたまよいましたmayoimashita
    2. negative迷いませんでしたまよいませんでしたmayoimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 迷ってまよってmayotte
    2. request迷ってくださいまよってくださいmayotte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 迷いましょうまよいましょうmayoimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative迷いたいまよいたいmayoitai
    2. negative迷いたくないまよいたくないmayoitakunai
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迷うまようmayou
    2. negative迷わないまよわないmayowanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative迷ったまよったmayotta
    2. negative迷わなかったまよわなかったmayowanakatta

  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迷っているまよっているmayotte iru
    2. polite迷っていますまよっていますmayotte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain迷えるまよえるmayoeru
    2. polite迷えますまよえますmayoemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 迷ったらまよったらmayottara

  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迷われるまよわれるmayowareru
    2. polite迷われますまよわれますmayowaremasu
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. 迷おうまよおうmayoō

  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迷えまよえmayoe
    2. ban迷うなまようなmayou 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迷えばまよえばmayoeba
    2. negative迷わなければまよわなければmayowanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain迷わせるまよわせるmayowaseru
    2. polite迷わせますまよわせますmayowasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain迷わせられるまよわせられるmayowaserareru
    2. polite迷わせられますまよわせられますmayowaseraremasu