Conjugation

怖がる

こわがるkowagaru

be afraid

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 切り取る, 怒鳴る, 買い取る

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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怖がりますこわがりますkowagarimasu
    2. negative怖がりませんこわがりませんkowagarimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative怖がりましたこわがりましたkowagarimashita
    2. negative怖がりませんでしたこわがりませんでしたkowagarimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 怖がってこわがってkowagatte
    2. request怖がってくださいこわがってくださいkowagatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 怖がりましょうこわがりましょうkowagarimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative怖がりたいこわがりたいkowagaritai
    2. negative怖がりたくないこわがりたくないkowagaritakunai
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怖がるこわがるkowagaru
    2. negative怖がらないこわがらないkowagaranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative怖がったこわがったkowagatta
    2. negative怖がらなかったこわがらなかったkowagaranakatta

  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怖がっているこわがっているkowagatte iru
    2. polite怖がっていますこわがっていますkowagatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain怖がれるこわがれるkowagareru
    2. polite怖がれますこわがれますkowagaremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 怖がったらこわがったらkowagattara

  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怖がられるこわがられるkowagarareru
    2. polite怖がられますこわがられますkowagararemasu
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. 怖がろうこわがろうkowagarō

  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怖がれこわがれkowagare
    2. ban怖がるなこわがるなkowagaru 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怖がればこわがればkowagareba
    2. negative怖がらなければこわがらなければkowagaranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain怖がらせるこわがらせるkowagaraseru
    2. polite怖がらせますこわがらせますkowagarasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain怖がらせられるこわがらせられるkowagaraserareru
    2. polite怖がらせられますこわがらせられますkowagaraseraremasu