養う

やしなうyashinau

support

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 酔っ払う, よそう, 競う

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養いますやしないますyashinaimasu
    2. negative養いませんやしないませんyashinaimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative養いましたやしないましたyashinaimashita
    2. negative養いませんでしたやしないませんでしたyashinaimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 養ってやしなってyashinatte
    2. request養ってくださいやしなってくださいyashinatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 養いましょうやしないましょうyashinaimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative養いたいやしないたいyashinaitai
    2. negative養いたくないやしないたくないyashinaitakunai
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養うやしなうyashinau
    2. negative養わないやしなわないyashinawanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative養ったやしなったyashinatta
    2. negative養わなかったやしなわなかったyashinawanakatta

  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養っているやしなっているyashinatte iru
    2. polite養っていますやしなっていますyashinatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain養えるやしなえるyashinaeru
    2. polite養えますやしなえますyashinaemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 養ったらやしなったらyashinattara

  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養われるやしなわれるyashinawareru
    2. polite養われますやしなわれますyashinawaremasu
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. 養おうやしなおうyashinaō

  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養えやしなえyashinae
    2. ban養うなやしなうなyashinau 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養えばやしなえばyashinaeba
    2. negative養わなければやしなわなければyashinawanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain養わせるやしなわせるyashinawaseru
    2. polite養わせますやしなわせますyashinawasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain養わせられるやしなわせられるyashinawaserareru
    2. polite養わせられますやしなわせられますyashinawaseraremasu