| Verb Conjugations | |
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| narau (to learn): Group 1 | |
| Informal
Present (Dictionary Form) |
narau 習う |
| Formal
Present (~ masu Form) |
naraimasu 習います |
| Informal Past (~ ta Form) |
naratta 習った |
| Formal Past | naraimashita 習いました |
| Informal Negative (~ nai Form) |
narawanai 習わない |
| Formal Negative | naraimasen 習いません |
| Informal Past Negative | narawanakatta 習わなかった |
| Formal Past Negative | naraimasen
deshita 習いませんでした |
| ~ te Form | naratte 習って |
| Conditional | naraeba 習えば |
| Volitional | naraou 習おう |
| Passive | narawareru 習われる |
| Causative | narawaseru 習わせる |
| Potential | naraeru 習える |
| Imperative (Command) |
narae 習え |
Examples
| Piano o
naratte imasu. ピアノを習っています｡ |
I am taking piano lessons. |
| Haha kara
nihongo o naratta. 母から日本語を習った｡ |
I learned
Japanese from my mother. |
| Narau yori
narero. 習うより慣れろ。 (proverb) |
Practice makes perfect. |
