集う
つどう · tsudou (also spelled tsudo)
To meet, to assemble, to congregate
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 集いますつどいます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 集いませんつどいません |
| Polite past (ました) | 集いましたつどいました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 集いませんでしたつどいませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 集いましょうつどいましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 集いつどい |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 集いたいつどいたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 集いながらつどいながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 集ってつどって |
| Plain past (た形) | 集ったつどった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 集ったらつどったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 集っているつどっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 集わないつどわない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 集わなかったつどわなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 集わなくてつどわなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 集えるつどえる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 集えばつどえば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 集えつどえ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 集おうつどおう |
| Passive (受身形) | 集われるつどわれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 集わせるつどわせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 集わされるつどわされる |
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What does 集う mean?
To meet, to assemble, to congregate.
How do you pronounce 集う?
つどう (tsudou). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
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