多う
おおう · ooi
JLPT N5 i-adjective 連用形
多う is the masu-stem of 多い — many, numerous, a lot.
- large amount of, large quantity of, a lot, much
- frequent, common
How it’s built
多い
多う
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).
多い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of 多い. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of 多い
| Negative (ない形) | 多くないおおくない |
| Past (た形) | 多かったおおかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 多くなかったおおくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 多くておおくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) | 多くおおく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 多いおおい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 多ければおおければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 多かったらおおかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 多くなるおおくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 多すぎるおおすぎる |
Drill every form in the Conjugation Dojo →
Other forms and spellings
多きゃ多けりゃ多かろ多かろう多かろふ多い多多く多かっSave your words
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