Nihoner

くお

kuo

JLPT N2 verb 意志推量形

is the volitional form of くう — to eat.

  • to live, to make a living, to survive
  • to bite, to sting (as insects do)
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How it’s built

くう くお

Volitional form (). “Let’s …” or “I’ll …”: 書こう (let’s write). With とする it means “try to”.

くう is a godan verb (u-verb), so it follows that pattern.

Name that form

Three more forms of . Can you tell what each one is?

Every form of

Polite くいます
Polite negative くいません
Polite past くいました
Polite past negative くいませんでした
Let us ~ くいましょう
Masu-stem くい
Want to ~ くいたい
While ~ing くいながら
Te-form くって
Plain past くった
Tara-conditional くったら
Progressive くっている
Plain negative くわない
Plain past negative くわなかった
Negative te-form くわなくて
Potential くえる
Ba-conditional くえば
Imperative くえ
Volitional くおう
Passive くわれる
Causative くわせる
Causative-passive くわされる

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In real sentences

On a bench, an elderly couple is happily spreading out their lunch.

Nihoner sentence bank

Come quick!

Tatoeba #550699 (CC BY 2.0 FR)

That looks good on you.

Tatoeba #3613713 (CC BY 2.0 FR)

Other forms and spellings

くうくぅクウくおうくおっくわクくふぐうグウグゥ
volitional form of くう