偉う
えろう · erou
JLPT N2 i-adjective 連用形
偉う is the masu-stem of 偉い — great, excellent, admirable, commendable, laudable, honorable, wonderful, outstanding, extraordinary.
- distinguished, important, high-ranking, powerful, eminent, famous
- awful, terrible, serious, tremendous, great, mighty, severe
How it’s built
偉い
偉う
Masu-stem (連用形). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.
This spelling is the version with う (sound change, mostly in polite or older speech).
偉い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of 偉い. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of 偉い
| Negative (ない形) | 偉くないえらくない |
| Past (た形) | 偉かったえらかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 偉くなかったえらくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 偉くてえらくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) | 偉くえらく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 偉いえらい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 偉ければえらければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 偉かったらえらかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 偉くなるえらくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 偉すぎるえらすぎる |
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Other forms and spellings
偉けれ偉きゃ偉けりゃ偉かろ偉かろう偉かろふ偉い偉え偉偉く偉かっSave your words
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