酔う

ようyou

get drunk

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 似合う, 飼う, 争う

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酔いますよいますyoimasu
    2. negative酔いませんよいませんyoimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative酔いましたよいましたyoimashita
    2. negative酔いませんでしたよいませんでしたyoimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 酔ってよってyotte
    2. request酔ってくださいよってくださいyotte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 酔いましょうよいましょうyoimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative酔いたいよいたいyoitai
    2. negative酔いたくないよいたくないyoitakunai
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酔うようyou
    2. negative酔わないよわないyowanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative酔ったよったyotta
    2. negative酔わなかったよわなかったyowanakatta

  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酔っているよっているyotte iru
    2. polite酔っていますよっていますyotte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain酔えるよえるyoeru
    2. polite酔えますよえますyoemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 酔ったらよったらyottara

  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酔われるよわれるyowareru
    2. polite酔われますよわれますyowaremasu
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. 酔おうよおうyoō

  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酔えよえyoe
    2. ban酔うなようなyou 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酔えばよえばyoeba
    2. negative酔わなければよわなければyowanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain酔わせるよわせるyowaseru
    2. polite酔わせますよわせますyowasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain酔わせられるよわせられるyowaserareru
    2. polite酔わせられますよわせられますyowaseraremasu