貰う
もらう · morau
To receive, to take, to accept
- to get someone to do something
- to have in one's pocket (a fight, match)
- to contract (a disease), to catch, to be affected
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 貰いますもらいます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 貰いませんもらいません |
| Polite past (ました) | 貰いましたもらいました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 貰いませんでしたもらいませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 貰いましょうもらいましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 貰いもらい |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 貰いたいもらいたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 貰いながらもらいながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 貰ってもらって |
| Plain past (た形) | 貰ったもらった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 貰ったらもらったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 貰っているもらっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 貰わないもらわない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 貰わなかったもらわなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 貰わなくてもらわなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 貰えるもらえる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 貰えばもらえば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 貰えもらえ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 貰おうもらおう |
| Passive (受身形) | 貰われるもらわれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 貰わせるもらわせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 貰わされるもらわされる |
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Questions
What does 貰う mean?
To receive, to take, to accept. It can also mean: to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease), to catch, to be affected.
How do you pronounce 貰う?
もらう (morau). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
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