もらう

Japanese
Alternative spelling
貰う

Pronunciation
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "もらう"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)		 もらう もらう [mòráú]
Imperative (命令形) もらえ もらえ [mòráé]
Key constructions
Passive もらわれる もらわれる [mòráwárérú]
Causative もらわせる もらわせる [mòráwásérú]
Potential もらえる もらえる [mòráérú]
Volitional もらおう もらお​ー [mòráóꜜò]
Negative もらわない もらわない [mòráwánáí]
Negative perfective もらわなかった もらわな​かった [mòráwánáꜜkàttà]
Formal もらいます もらいま​す [mòráímáꜜsù]
Perfective もらった もらった [mòráttá]
Conjunctive もらって もらって [mòrátté]
Hypothetical conditional もらえば もらえ​ば [mòráéꜜbà]

Verb

もらう • (morau) ←もらふ (morafu)?transitive godan (stem もらい (morai), past もらった (moratta))

  1. to receive
  2. to take
Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Conjugation
Conjugation of "もらう" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") もらわ morawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") もらい morai
Shūshikei ("terminal") もらう morau
Rentaikei ("attributive") もらう morau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") もらえ morae
Meireikei ("imperative") もらえ morae
Key constructions
Passive もらわれる morawareru
Causative もらわせる
もらわす		 morawaseru
morawasu
Potential もらえる moraeru
Volitional もらおう moraō
Negative もらわない morawanai
Negative continuative もらわず morawazu
Formal もらいます moraimasu
Perfective もらった moratta
Conjunctive もらって moratte
Hypothetical conditional もらえば moraeba
Classical conjugation of "もらふ" (ハ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) もらはmorafa
Continuative (連用形) もらひmorafi
Terminal (終止形) もらふmorafu
Attributive (連体形) もらふmorafu
Realis (已然形) もらへmorafe
Imperative (命令形) もらへmorafe
Key constructions
Negative もらはずmorafazu
Contrasting conjunction もらへどmorafedo
Causal conjunction もらへばmorafeba
Conditional conjunction もらはばmorafaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) もらひきmorafiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) もらひけりmorafikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) もらひつmorafitu
Perfect tense (natural event) もらひぬmorafinu
Perfect-continuative tense もらへり
もらひたり		moraferi
morafitari
Volitional もらはむmorafamu
See also

Wikibooks

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of もらう – see the following entry.
【守らう】
[verb] (Classical Japanese) to be watching continuously, to be on watch repeatedly, to be on look out
Alternative spelling
候う
(This term, もらう, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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