Conjugation

教わる

おそわるosowaru

be taught

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 転がる, 劣る, 出来上がる

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教わりますおそわりますosowarimasu
    2. negative教わりませんおそわりませんosowarimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative教わりましたおそわりましたosowarimashita
    2. negative教わりませんでしたおそわりませんでしたosowarimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 教わっておそわってosowatte
    2. request教わってくださいおそわってくださいosowatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 教わりましょうおそわりましょうosowarimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative教わりたいおそわりたいosowaritai
    2. negative教わりたくないおそわりたくないosowaritakunai
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教わるおそわるosowaru
    2. negative教わらないおそわらないosowaranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative教わったおそわったosowatta
    2. negative教わらなかったおそわらなかったosowaranakatta

  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教わっているおそわっているosowatte iru
    2. polite教わっていますおそわっていますosowatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain教われるおそわれるosowareru
    2. polite教われますおそわれますosowaremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 教わったらおそわったらosowattara

  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教わられるおそわられるosowarareru
    2. polite教わられますおそわられますosowararemasu
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. 教わろうおそわろうosowarō

  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教われおそわれosoware
    2. ban教わるなおそわるなosowaru 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教わればおそわればosowareba
    2. negative教わらなければおそわらなければosowaranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain教わらせるおそわらせるosowaraseru
    2. polite教わらせますおそわらせますosowarasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain教わらせられるおそわらせられるosowaraserareru
    2. polite教わらせられますおそわらせられますosowaraseraremasu