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Japanese verb思う (omou) Conjugation
思う (omou) means “to think”. It is a う-verb (godan) verb. It is an う-verb (godan): the last sound changes, 思わない and 思います, and the te-form is 思って. Below is its conjugation in all 14 forms, plain and polite, the same forms the Japanese verb conjugation worksheets print in their answer keys.
- Meaning
- to think
- Type
- う-verb (godan)
- Dictionary form
- 思う
- Reading
- おもう
- Romaji
- omou
- Masu form
- 思います
- Nai form
- 思わない
- Te-form
- 思って
- Ta form
- 思った
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 思う |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 思わない |
| Polite | 思います |
| Polite negative | 思いません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 思った |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 思わなかった |
| Polite | 思いました |
| Polite negative | 思いませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 思って |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 思わないで |
Progressive (-te iru)ている
| Plain | 思っている |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 思っていない |
| Polite | 思っています |
| Polite negative | 思っていません |
Wanting, inviting, telling
Want to (-tai)たい形
| Plain | 思いたい |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 思いたくない |
| Polite | 思いたいです |
| Polite negative | 思いたくないです |
Volitional意向形
| Plain | 思おう |
|---|---|
| Polite | 思いましょう |
Imperative and requests命令形
| Plain command | 思え |
|---|---|
| Plain negative (don't) | 思うな |
| Polite request (-te kudasai) | 思ってください |
| Polite negative (-naide kudasai) | 思わないでください |
Can and if
Potential可能形
| Plain | 思える |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 思えない |
| Polite | 思えます |
| Polite negative | 思えません |
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 思えば |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 思わなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 思ったら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 思わなかったら |
Passive and causative
Passive受身形
| Plain | 思われる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 思われない |
| Polite | 思われます |
| Polite negative | 思われません |
Causative使役形
| Plain | 思わせる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 思わせない |
| Polite | 思わせます |
| Polite negative | 思わせません |
Causative passive使役受身形
| Plain | 思わされる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 思わされない |
| Polite | 思わされます |
| Polite negative | 思わされません |
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 読む (yomu)to read
- 書く (kaku)to write
- 買う (kau)to buy
- 待つ (matsu)to wait
- 会う (au)to meet
- わかる (wakaru)to understand
- 言う (iu)to say
- 知る (shiru)to know, to get to know
- 使う (tsukau)to use
- 作る (tsukuru)to make
- 帰る (kaeru)to go home, to return
- 入る (hairu)to enter
About these tables
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