習う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
なら
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

Related to (なら) (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
Imperative (命令形) 習え
Key constructions
Passive 習われる らわれ
Causative 習わせる らわせ
Potential 習える らえ
Volitional 習おう らお
Negative 習わない らわない
Negative perfective 習わなかった らわなかった
Formal 習います らいま
Perfective 習った った
Conjunctive 習って って
Hypothetical conditional 習えば えば

Verb

(なら) (narauならふ (narafu)?transitive godan (stem (なら) (narai), past (なら)った (naratta))

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

Conjugation

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References

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