Conjugation

彷徨う

さまようsamayou

wander

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, すれ違う, 縫う, 囲う

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彷徨いますさまよいますsamayoimasu
    2. negative彷徨いませんさまよいませんsamayoimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative彷徨いましたさまよいましたsamayoimashita
    2. negative彷徨いませんでしたさまよいませんでしたsamayoimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 彷徨ってさまよってsamayotte
    2. request彷徨ってくださいさまよってくださいsamayotte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 彷徨いましょうさまよいましょうsamayoimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative彷徨いたいさまよいたいsamayoitai
    2. negative彷徨いたくないさまよいたくないsamayoitakunai
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彷徨うさまようsamayou
    2. negative彷徨わないさまよわないsamayowanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative彷徨ったさまよったsamayotta
    2. negative彷徨わなかったさまよわなかったsamayowanakatta

  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彷徨っているさまよっているsamayotte iru
    2. polite彷徨っていますさまよっていますsamayotte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain彷徨えるさまよえるsamayoeru
    2. polite彷徨えますさまよえますsamayoemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 彷徨ったらさまよったらsamayottara

  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彷徨われるさまよわれるsamayowareru
    2. polite彷徨われますさまよわれますsamayowaremasu
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. 彷徨おうさまよおうsamayoō

  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彷徨えさまよえsamayoe
    2. ban彷徨うなさまようなsamayou 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彷徨えばさまよえばsamayoeba
    2. negative彷徨わなければさまよわなければsamayowanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain彷徨わせるさまよわせるsamayowaseru
    2. polite彷徨わせますさまよわせますsamayowasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain彷徨わせられるさまよわせられるsamayowaserareru
    2. polite彷徨わせられますさまよわせられますsamayowaseraremasu