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倣う

to imitate

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Conjugation of 倣う

This verb follows the godan conjugation pattern. This verb can also mean the following: follow
私/俺
Present informal tense
倣う
narau
I imitate
Present informal negative tense
倣わない
narawanai
I don't imitate
Present formal tense
倣います
naraimasu
I imitate
Present formal negative tense
倣いません
naraimasen
I do not imitate
私/俺
Past informal tense
倣った
naratta
I imitated
Past informal negative tense
倣わなかった
narawanakatta
I didn't imitate
Past formal tense
倣いました
naraimashita
I imitate
Past formal negative tense
倣いませんでした
naraimasen deshita
I did not imitate
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
倣え
narae
imitate
Imperative negative mood
倣うな
narau na
don't imitate
Imperative formal mood
倣ってください
naratte kudasai
please imitate
Imperative formal negative mood
倣わないでください
narawanai dekudasai
please do not imitate
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
倣って
naratte
imitate
Passive stem
倣われる
narawareru
imitated
Hypothetical tense
倣え
narae
if I imitated
Hypothetical conditional stem
倣えば
naraeba
imitated
私/俺
Volitional stem
倣おう
naraō
will imitate
Potential stem
倣える
naraeru
imitated
Continuative stem
倣い
narai
imitating
Causative stem
倣わせる
narawaseru
allow to imitate
私/俺
Imperfective stem
倣わ
narawa
imitate