患う
わずらう · wazurau
To be ill, to suffer from
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 患いますわずらいます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 患いませんわずらいません |
| Polite past (ました) | 患いましたわずらいました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 患いませんでしたわずらいませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 患いましょうわずらいましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 患いわずらい |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 患いたいわずらいたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 患いながらわずらいながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 患ってわずらって |
| Plain past (た形) | 患ったわずらった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 患ったらわずらったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 患っているわずらっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 患わないわずらわない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 患わなかったわずらわなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 患わなくてわずらわなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 患えるわずらえる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 患えばわずらえば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 患えわずらえ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 患おうわずらおう |
| Passive (受身形) | 患われるわずらわれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 患わせるわずらわせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 患わされるわずらわされる |
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What does 患う mean?
To be ill, to suffer from.
How do you pronounce 患う?
わずらう (wazurau). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
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