敏う
さとう · satoi
i-adjective 連用形
敏う is the masu-stem of 敏い — clever, smart.
- sharp (ear, etc.), sensitive, discerning
How it’s built
敏い
敏う
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).
敏い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of 敏い. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of 敏い
| Negative (ない形) | 敏くないさとくない |
| Past (た形) | 敏かったさとかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 敏くなかったさとくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 敏くてさとくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) | 敏くさとく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 敏いさとい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 敏ければさとければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 敏かったらさとかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 敏くなるさとくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 敏すぎるさとすぎる |
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Other forms and spellings
敏けれ敏きゃ敏けりゃ敏かろ敏かろう敏かろふ敏い敏え敏く敏かっSave your words
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