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奪う

to take by force

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Conjugation of 奪う

This verb follows the godan conjugation pattern. This verb can also mean the following: fascinate, rob
私/俺
Present informal tense
奪う
ubau
I take by force
Present informal negative tense
奪わない
ubawanai
I don't take by force
Present formal tense
奪います
ubaimasu
I take by force
Present formal negative tense
奪いません
ubaimasen
I do not take by force
私/俺
Past informal tense
奪った
ubatta
I took by force
Past informal negative tense
奪わなかった
ubawanakatta
I didn't take by force
Past formal tense
奪いました
ubaimashita
I take by force
Past formal negative tense
奪いませんでした
ubaimasen deshita
I did not take by force
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
奪え
ubae
take by force
Imperative negative mood
奪うな
ubau na
don't take by force
Imperative formal mood
奪ってください
ubatte kudasai
please take by force
Imperative formal negative mood
奪わないでください
ubawanai dekudasai
please do not take by force
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
奪って
ubatte
take by force
Passive stem
奪われる
ubawareru
took by force
Hypothetical tense
奪え
ubae
if I took by force
Hypothetical conditional stem
奪えば
ubaeba
took by force
私/俺
Volitional stem
奪おう
ubaō
will take by force
Potential stem
奪える
ubaeru
took by force
Continuative stem
奪い
ubai
taking by force
Causative stem
奪わせる
ubawaseru
allow to take by force
私/俺
Imperfective stem
奪わ
ubawa
take by force

Examples of 奪う

マハは　全ての希望を　奪う。

Macha has lost all hope.

私は持たない人からは 奪わない そして必要なければ 傷つけない　安心して

I don't steal from people who can't afford it and I don't hurt people that don't deserve it.

彼の 財産を 奪った

And when I returned, I took his property.

お前の純粋さを　奪った。

All those innocents lost.

♪飲酒検知器 奪った

Mama, mama serpentine

奪った なぜ盗む？

The bandit had been throwing them away.

割って　奪い

Smash, grab.

2つの惑星を 奪い― 我々の艦を 何度も攻撃した 敵は 向かって来る

Since we first learned of their existence, the Klingon Empire, conquered and occupied two planets that we know of, fired on our ships half a dozen times.