食う

くうkuu

chow down

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 合う, 歌う, 戦う

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食いますくいますkuimasu
    2. negative食いませんくいませんkuimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative食いましたくいましたkuimashita
    2. negative食いませんでしたくいませんでしたkuimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 食ってくってkutte
    2. request食ってくださいくってくださいkutte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 食いましょうくいましょうkuimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative食いたいくいたいkuitai
    2. negative食いたくないくいたくないkuitakunai
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食うくうkuu
    2. negative食わないくわないkuwanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative食ったくったkutta
    2. negative食わなかったくわなかったkuwanakatta

  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食っているくっているkutte iru
    2. polite食っていますくっていますkutte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain食えるくえるkueru
    2. polite食えますくえますkuemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 食ったらくったらkuttara

  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食われるくわれるkuwareru
    2. polite食われますくわれますkuwaremasu
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. 食おうくおうkuō

  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食えくえkue
    2. ban食うなくうなkuu 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食えばくえばkueba
    2. negative食わなければくわなければkuwanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain食わせるくわせるkuwaseru
    2. polite食わせますくわせますkuwasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain食わせられるくわせられるkuwaserareru
    2. polite食わせられますくわせられますkuwaseraremasu