Conjugation

向かう

むかうmukau

head

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 会う, 笑う, 合う

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向かいますむかいますmukaimasu
    2. negative向かいませんむかいませんmukaimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative向かいましたむかいましたmukaimashita
    2. negative向かいませんでしたむかいませんでしたmukaimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 向かってむかってmukatte
    2. request向かってくださいむかってくださいmukatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 向かいましょうむかいましょうmukaimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative向かいたいむかいたいmukaitai
    2. negative向かいたくないむかいたくないmukaitakunai
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向かうむかうmukau
    2. negative向かわないむかわないmukawanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative向かったむかったmukatta
    2. negative向かわなかったむかわなかったmukawanakatta

  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向かっているむかっているmukatte iru
    2. polite向かっていますむかっていますmukatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain向かえるむかえるmukaeru
    2. polite向かえますむかえますmukaemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 向かったらむかったらmukattara

  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向かわれるむかわれるmukawareru
    2. polite向かわれますむかわれますmukawaremasu
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. 向かおうむかおうmukaō

  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向かえむかえmukae
    2. ban向かうなむかうなmukau 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向かえばむかえばmukaeba
    2. negative向かわなければむかわなければmukawanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain向かわせるむかわせるmukawaseru
    2. polite向かわせますむかわせますmukawasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain向かわせられるむかわせられるmukawaserareru
    2. polite向かわせられますむかわせられますmukawaseraremasu