伝う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
伝
つた
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
傳う (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「伝う」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		伝う つたう
Imperative (命令形) 伝え つたえ
Key constructions
Passive 伝われる つたわれる
Causative 伝わせる つたわせる
Potential 伝える つたえる
Volitional 伝おう つたおー
Negative 伝わない つたわない
Negative perfective 伝わなかった つたわなかった
Formal 伝います つたいます
Perfective 伝った つたった
Conjunctive 伝って つたって
Hypothetical conditional 伝えば つたえば

Verb

伝(つた)う • (tsutau) ←つたふ (tutafu)?godan (stem 伝(つた)い (tsutai), past 伝(つた)った (tsutatta))

Japanese verb pair
active 伝える
mediopassive 伝う
  1. to walk or go along; to follow
    蜘蛛(くも)が糸(いと)を伝(つた)う
    kumo ga ito o tsutau
    the spider walks along the thread
    頬(ほお)に伝(つた)う涙(なみだ)
    hō ni tsutau namida
    tears running down the cheek

Conjugation

Conjugation of "伝う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 伝わ つたわ tsutawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 伝い つたい tsutai
Shūshikei ("terminal") 伝う つたう tsutau
Rentaikei ("attributive") 伝う つたう tsutau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 伝え つたえ tsutae
Meireikei ("imperative") 伝え つたえ tsutae
Key constructions
Passive 伝われる つたわれる tsutawareru
Causative 伝わせる
伝わす 		つたわせる
つたわす 		tsutawaseru
tsutawasu
Potential 伝える つたえる tsutaeru
Volitional 伝おう つたおう tsutaō
Negative 伝わない つたわない tsutawanai
Negative continuative 伝わず つたわず tsutawazu
Formal 伝います つたいます tsutaimasu
Perfective 伝った つたった tsutatta
Conjunctive 伝って つたって tsutatte
Hypothetical conditional 伝えば つたえば tsutaeba
Classical conjugation of "伝ふ" (ハ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 伝は つたは tutafa
Continuative (連用形) 伝ひ つたひ tutafi
Terminal (終止形) 伝ふ つたふ tutafu
Attributive (連体形) 伝ふ つたふ tutafu
Realis (已然形) 伝へ つたへ tutafe
Imperative (命令形) 伝へ つたへ tutafe
Key constructions
Negative 伝はず つたはず tutafazu
Contrasting conjunction 伝へど つたへど tutafedo
Causal conjunction 伝へば つたへば tutafeba
Conditional conjunction 伝はば つたはば tutafaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 伝ひき つたひき tutafiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 伝ひけり つたひけり tutafikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 伝ひつ つたひつ tutafitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 伝ひぬ つたひぬ tutafinu
Perfect-continuative tense 伝へり
伝ひたり		 つたへり
つたひたり		 tutaferi
tutafitari
Volitional 伝はむ つたはむ tutafamu

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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