追う

おうou

chase

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 叶う, 嫌う, 襲う

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追いますおいますoimasu
    2. negative追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追いましたおいましたoimashita
    2. negative追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. 追っておってotte
    2. request追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. 追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追いたいおいたいoitai
    2. negative追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追うおうou
    2. negative追わないおわないowanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative追ったおったotta
    2. negative追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追っているおっているotte iru
    2. polite追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追えるおえるoeru
    2. polite追えますおえますoemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 追ったらおったら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追われるおわれるowareru
    2. polite追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. 追おうおおう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追えおえoe
    2. ban追うなおうな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追えばおえばoeba
    2. negative追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追わせるおわせるowaseru
    2. polite追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追わせられるおわせられるowaserareru
    2. polite追わせられますおわせられますowaseraremasu