もらう

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
貰う

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「もらう」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		もらう もらう
Imperative (命令形) もらえ もらえ
Key constructions
Passive もらわれる もらわれる
Causative もらわせる もらわせる
Potential もらえる もらえる
Volitional もらおう もらおー
Negative もらわない もらわない
Negative perfective もらわなかった もらわなかった
Formal もらいます もらいます
Perfective もらった もらった
Conjunctive もらって もらって
Hypothetical conditional もらえば もらえば

Verb

もらう • (morau) ←もらふ (morafu)?transitive godan (stem もらい (morai), past もらった (moratta))

  1. to receive
    手紙(てがみ)をもらいましたか？
    Tegami o moraimashita ka?
    Did you receive a letter?
    隣(となり)の人(ひと)から野菜(やさい)をもらった。
    Tonari no hito kara yasai o moratta.
    I got some vegetables from my neighbor.
  2. to take
    医者(いしゃ)に診断(しんだん)をもらって、薬(くすり)を飲(の)み始(はじ)めた。
    Isha ni shindan o moratte, kusuri o nomi hajimeta.
    Taking my doctor's prescription, I started on a new medication.
Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Conjugation
Conjugation of "もらう" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") もらわ morawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") もらい morai
Shūshikei ("terminal") もらう morau
Rentaikei ("attributive") もらう morau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") もらえ morae
Meireikei ("imperative") もらえ morae
Key constructions
Passive もらわれる morawareru
Causative もらわせる
もらわす 		morawaseru
morawasu
Potential もらえる moraeru
Volitional もらおう moraō
Negative もらわない morawanai
Negative continuative もらわず morawazu
Formal もらいます moraimasu
Perfective もらった moratta
Conjunctive もらって moratte
Hypothetical conditional もらえば moraeba
Classical conjugation of "もらふ" (ハ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) もらは morafa
Continuative (連用形) もらひ morafi
Terminal (終止形) もらふ morafu
Attributive (連体形) もらふ morafu
Realis (已然形) もらへ morafe
Imperative (命令形) もらへ morafe
Key constructions
Negative もらはず morafazu
Contrasting conjunction もらへど morafedo
Causal conjunction もらへば morafeba
Conditional conjunction もらはば morafaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) もらひき morafiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) もらひけり morafikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) もらひつ morafitu
Perfect tense (natural event) もらひぬ morafinu
Perfect-continuative tense もらへり
もらひたり		 moraferi
morafitari
Volitional もらはむ morafamu
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Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of もらう – see the following entry.
【守らう】
(Classical Japanese) to be watching continuously, to be on watch repeatedly, to be on look out
Alternative spelling
候う
(This term, もらう (morau), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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