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慕う

to yearn for

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Conjugation of 慕う

This verb follows the godan conjugation pattern. This verb can also mean the following: follow someone, adore, follow, love, love dearly
私/俺
Present informal tense
慕う
shitau
I yearn for
Present informal negative tense
慕わない
shitawanai
I don't yearn for
Present formal tense
慕います
shitaimasu
I yearn for
Present formal negative tense
慕いません
shitaimasen
I do not yearn for
私/俺
Past informal tense
慕った
shitatta
I yearned for
Past informal negative tense
慕わなかった
shitawanakatta
I didn't yearn for
Past formal tense
慕いました
shitaimashita
I yearn for
Past formal negative tense
慕いませんでした
shitaimasen deshita
I did not yearn for
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
慕え
shitae
yearn for
Imperative negative mood
慕うな
shitau na
don't yearn for
Imperative formal mood
慕ってください
shitatte kudasai
please yearn for
Imperative formal negative mood
慕わないでください
shitawanai dekudasai
please do not yearn for
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
慕って
shitatte
yearn for
Passive stem
慕われる
shitawareru
yearned for
Hypothetical tense
慕え
shitae
if I yearned for
Hypothetical conditional stem
慕えば
shitaeba
yearned for
私/俺
Volitional stem
慕おう
shitaō
will yearn for
Potential stem
慕える
shitaeru
yearned for
Continuative stem
慕い
shitai
yearning for
Causative stem
慕わせる
shitawaseru
allow to yearn for
私/俺
Imperfective stem
慕わ
shitawa
yearn for

Examples of 慕う

お前の父親がどう したって ？

What happened to your father?

勘が冴えて来て あれも これも したい

You know, lots of gut feelings, things that I have to do.

I want to do something to make her proud of me 私 何か したい 彼女が 私を 誇りに思うようなこと Vogel must have been here Stephan ｳﾞｫｰｹﾞﾙは ここに いるに 違いない ｼｭﾃﾌｧﾝ

I want to do something to make her proud of me.

したい

I want to.

したい？

-It's gorgeous. You're gorgeous. -Yeah?

したわ

I did.

- した したわ

-You did.

警察に電話したのか？ したわ

Tonight I saw that same hood.

- したっけ？ - したわ

Remember when we used to play dress up and do makeovers?

- したわ

Yeah.