Conjugation

争う

あらそうarasou

quarrel

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 飼う, 酔う, 雇う

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争いますあらそいますarasoimasu
    2. negative争いませんあらそいませんarasoimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative争いましたあらそいましたarasoimashita
    2. negative争いませんでしたあらそいませんでしたarasoimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 争ってあらそってarasotte
    2. request争ってくださいあらそってくださいarasotte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 争いましょうあらそいましょうarasoimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative争いたいあらそいたいarasoitai
    2. negative争いたくないあらそいたくないarasoitakunai
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争うあらそうarasou
    2. negative争わないあらそわないarasowanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative争ったあらそったarasotta
    2. negative争わなかったあらそわなかったarasowanakatta

  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争っているあらそっているarasotte iru
    2. polite争っていますあらそっていますarasotte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain争えるあらそえるarasoeru
    2. polite争えますあらそえますarasoemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 争ったらあらそったらarasottara

  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争われるあらそわれるarasowareru
    2. polite争われますあらそわれますarasowaremasu
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. 争おうあらそおうarasoō

  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争えあらそえarasoe
    2. ban争うなあらそうなarasou 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争えばあらそえばarasoeba
    2. negative争わなければあらそわなければarasowanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain争わせるあらそわせるarasowaseru
    2. polite争わせますあらそわせますarasowasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain争わせられるあらそわせられるarasowaserareru
    2. polite争わせられますあらそわせられますarasowaseraremasu