仰る
おっしゃる · ossharu
To say, to speak, to tell, to talk
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 仰いますおっしゃいます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 仰いませんおっしゃいません |
| Polite past (ました) | 仰いましたおっしゃいました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 仰いませんでしたおっしゃいませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 仰いましょうおっしゃいましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 仰いおっしゃい |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 仰いたいおっしゃいたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 仰いながらおっしゃいながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 仰っておっしゃって |
| Plain past (た形) | 仰ったおっしゃった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 仰ったらおっしゃったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 仰っているおっしゃっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 仰らないおっしゃらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 仰らなかったおっしゃらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 仰らなくておっしゃらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 仰れるおっしゃれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 仰ればおっしゃれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 仰いおっしゃい |
| Volitional (意向形) | 仰ろうおっしゃろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 仰られるおっしゃられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 仰らせるおっしゃらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 仰らされるおっしゃらされる |
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What does 仰る mean?
To say, to speak, to tell, to talk.
How do you pronounce 仰る?
おっしゃる (ossharu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 3. Press Listen above to hear it.
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