侍る
はべる · haberu
To wait upon, to serve
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falls after mora 2 · what is pitch accent?
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 侍りますはべります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 侍りませんはべりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 侍りましたはべりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 侍りませんでしたはべりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 侍りましょうはべりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 侍りはべり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 侍りたいはべりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 侍りながらはべりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 侍ってはべって |
| Plain past (た形) | 侍ったはべった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 侍ったらはべったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 侍っているはべっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 侍らないはべらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 侍らなかったはべらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 侍らなくてはべらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 侍れるはべれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 侍ればはべれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 侍れはべれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 侍ろうはべろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 侍られるはべられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 侍らせるはべらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 侍らされるはべらされる |
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What does 侍る mean?
To wait upon, to serve.
How do you pronounce 侍る?
はべる (haberu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
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