習う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
習
なら
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Related to 倣(なら)う (narau, “to imitate”).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "習う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		習う なら​う
Imperative (命令形) 習え なら​え
Key constructions
Passive 習われる ならわれ​る
Causative 習わせる ならわせ​る
Potential 習える ならえ​る
Volitional 習おう ならお​ー
Negative 習わない ならわ​ない
Negative perfective 習わなかった ならわ​なかった
Formal 習います ならいま​す
Perfective 習った なら​った
Conjunctive 習って なら​って
Hypothetical conditional 習えば なら​えば

Verb

習(なら)う • (narau) ←ならふ (narafu)?transitive godan (stem 習(なら)い (narai), past 習(なら)った (naratta))

  1. to learn, to receive instruction in
    彼女(かのじょ)はバレエを習(なら)っている。
    Kanojo wa barē o naratte iru.
    She is learning ballet.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "習う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 習わ ならわ narawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 習い ならい narai
Shūshikei ("terminal") 習う ならう narau
Rentaikei ("attributive") 習う ならう narau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 習え ならえ narae
Meireikei ("imperative") 習え ならえ narae
Key constructions
Passive 習われる ならわれる narawareru
Causative 習わせる
習わす 		ならわせる
ならわす 		narawaseru
narawasu
Potential 習える ならえる naraeru
Volitional 習おう ならおう naraō
Negative 習わない ならわない narawanai
Negative continuative 習わず ならわず narawazu
Formal 習います ならいます naraimasu
Perfective 習った ならった naratta
Conjunctive 習って ならって naratte
Hypothetical conditional 習えば ならえば naraeba

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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