Conjugation of Japanese verb 言う - say - iu
godan verbVariant
Stem
Conjugation
言
Reading
Meaning
say
Variant
Plain
Conjugation
言う
Reading
Meaning
to say / does say / will say
Variant
Negative
Conjugation
言わない
Reading
Meaning
to not say / does not say / will not say
Variant
Polite
Conjugation
言います
Reading
Meaning
to say / does say / will say
Variant
Polite Negative
Conjugation
言いません
Reading
Meaning
to not say / does not say / will not say
Variant
Plain
Conjugation
言った
Reading
Meaning
did say
Variant
Plain Negative
Conjugation
言わなかった
Reading
Meaning
did not say
Variant
Polite
Conjugation
言いました
Reading
Meaning
did say
Variant
Polite Negative
Conjugation
言いませんでした
Reading
Meaning
did not say
Variant
Plain
Conjugation
言って
Reading
Meaning
say, and...
Variant
Negative I
Conjugation
言わないで
Reading
Meaning
not say, and...
Variant
Negative II
Conjugation
言わなくて
Reading
Meaning
not say, and...
Variant
Polite
Conjugation
言いまして
Reading
Meaning
say, and...
Variant
Polite Negative
Conjugation
言いませんで
Reading
Meaning
not say, and...
Variant
Abrupt
Conjugation
言え
Reading
Meaning
say!
Variant
Abrupt Negative
Conjugation
言うな
Reading
Meaning
do not say!
Variant
Plain
Conjugation
言いなさい
Reading
Meaning
say!
Variant
Plain Negative
Conjugation
言いなさるな
Reading
Meaning
do not say!
Variant
Polite I
Conjugation
言ってください
Reading
Meaning
please say
Variant
Polite II
Conjugation
お言いください
Reading
Meaning
kindly say
Variant
Polite Negative
Conjugation
言わないでください
Reading
Meaning
please do not say
Variant
Honorific
Conjugation
お言いなさいませ
Reading
Meaning
please say
Variant
Honorific Negative
Conjugation
お言いなさいますな
Reading
Meaning
please do not say
Variant
Plain
Conjugation
言っている
Reading
Meaning
is doing say / is say(ing)
Variant
Polite
Conjugation
言っています
Reading
Meaning
is doing say / is say(ing)
Variant
Polite Negative
Conjugation
言っていません
Reading
Meaning
is not doing say / is not say(ing)
Variant
Plain
Conjugation
言っていた
Reading
Meaning
was doing say / was say(ing)
Variant
Polite
Conjugation
言っていました
Reading
Meaning
was doing say / was say(ing)
Variant
Polite Negative
Conjugation
言っていませんでした
Reading
Meaning
was not doing say / was not say(ing)
Variant
Plain
Conjugation
言おう
Reading
Meaning
let's say / will say
Variant
Plain Negative
Conjugation
言うまい
Reading
Meaning
let's not say / will not say
Variant
Polite
Conjugation
言いましょう
Reading
Meaning
let's say / will say
Variant
Polite Negative
Conjugation
言いますまい
Reading
Meaning
let's not say / will not say
Variant
Plain
Conjugation
言うだろう
Reading
Meaning
will probably say
Variant
Plain Negative
Conjugation
言わないだろう
Reading
Meaning
will probably not say
Variant
Polite
Conjugation
言うでしょう
Reading
Meaning
will probably say
Variant
Polite Negative
Conjugation
言わないでしょう
Reading
Meaning
will probably not say
Variant
Plain
Conjugation
言っただろう
Reading
Meaning
probably did say
Variant
Plain Negative
Conjugation
言わなかっただろう
Reading
Meaning
probably did not say
Variant
Polite
Conjugation
言ったでしょう
Reading
Meaning
probably did say
Variant
Polite Negative
Conjugation
言わなかったでしょう
Reading
Meaning
probably did not say
Variant
Plain
Conjugation
言えば
Reading
Meaning
if (someone) does say
Variant
Plain Negative
Conjugation
言わなければ
Reading
Meaning
if (someone) does not say
Variant
Plain
Conjugation
言ったら
Reading
Meaning
if/when (someone) did say
Variant
Plain Negative
Conjugation
言わなかったら
Reading
Meaning
if (someone) did not say
Variant
Polite
Conjugation
言いましたら
Reading
Meaning
if/when (someone) did say
Variant
Polite Negative
Conjugation
言いませんでしたら
Reading
Meaning
if (someone) did not say
Variant
Plain
Conjugation
言える
Reading
Meaning
can say
Variant
Plain Negative
Conjugation
言えない
Reading
Meaning
cannot say
Variant
Polite
Conjugation
言えます
Reading
Meaning
can say
Variant
Polite Negative
Conjugation
言えません
Reading
Meaning
cannot say
Variant
Plain
Conjugation
言わせる
Reading
Meaning
make/let (someone) say
Variant
Plain Negative
Conjugation
言わせない
Reading
Meaning
do not make/let (someone) say
Variant
Polite
Conjugation
言わせます
Reading
Meaning
make/let (someone) say
Variant
Polite Negative
Conjugation
言わせません
Reading
Meaning
do not make/let (someone) say
Variant
Plain
Conjugation
言われる
Reading
Meaning
be say
Variant
Plain Negative
Conjugation
言われない
Reading
Meaning
not be say
Variant
Polite
Conjugation
言われます
Reading
Meaning
be say
Variant
Polite Negative
Conjugation
言われません
Reading
Meaning
not be say
Variant
Plain
Conjugation
言ったり
Reading
Meaning
did things like say
Variant
Plain Negative
Conjugation
言わなかったり
Reading
Meaning
did not do things like say
Variant
Polite
Conjugation
言いましたり
Reading
Meaning
did things like say
Variant
Polite Negative
Conjugation
言いませんでしたり
Reading
Meaning
did not do things like say
Variant
Present Indicative
Conjugation
言いたい
Reading
Meaning
want to say
Variant
Present Negative
Conjugation
言いたくない
Reading
Meaning
do not want to say
Variant
Past Indicative
Conjugation
言いたかった
Reading
Meaning
wanted to say
Variant
Past Negative
Conjugation
言いたくなかった
Reading
Meaning
did not want to say
Variant
Te-form
Conjugation
言いたくて
Reading
Meaning
want to say, and...
Variant
Negative Te-form
Conjugation
言いたくなくて
Reading
Meaning
do not want to say, and...
Variant
Adverbial
Conjugation
言いたく
Reading
Meaning
in a way of wanting to say
Variant
Provisional
Conjugation
言いたければ
Reading
Meaning
if (someone) wants to say
Variant
Provisional Negative
Conjugation
言いたくなければ
Reading
Meaning
if (someone) does not want to say
Variant
Conditional
Conjugation
言いたかったら
Reading
Meaning
if (someone) wanted to say
Variant
Conditional Negative
Conjugation
言いたくなかったら
Reading
Meaning
if (someone) did not want to say
Variant
Nominal / Objective
Conjugation
言いたさ
Reading
Meaning
the desire to say
Word Detail
word
言う
Meaning
Say
Kanji in this Verb
kanji
言
Meaning
Say
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