Conjugation

似合う

にあうniau

suit

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 拾う, 負う, 飼う

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似合いますにあいますniaimasu
    2. negative似合いませんにあいませんniaimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative似合いましたにあいましたniaimashita
    2. negative似合いませんでしたにあいませんでしたniaimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 似合ってにあってniatte
    2. request似合ってくださいにあってくださいniatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 似合いましょうにあいましょうniaimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative似合いたいにあいたいniaitai
    2. negative似合いたくないにあいたくないniaitakunai
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似合うにあうniau
    2. negative似合わないにあわないniawanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative似合ったにあったniatta
    2. negative似合わなかったにあわなかったniawanakatta

  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似合っているにあっているniatte iru
    2. polite似合っていますにあっていますniatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain似合えるにあえるniaeru
    2. polite似合えますにあえますniaemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 似合ったらにあったらniattara

  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似合われるにあわれるniawareru
    2. polite似合われますにあわれますniawaremasu
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. 似合おうにあおうniaō

  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似合えにあえniae
    2. ban似合うなにあうなniau 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似合えばにあえばniaeba
    2. negative似合わなければにあわなければniawanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain似合わせるにあわせるniawaseru
    2. polite似合わせますにあわせますniawasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain似合わせられるにあわせられるniawaserareru
    2. polite似合わせられますにあわせられますniawaseraremasu