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祝う

to celebrate

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Conjugation of 祝う

This verb follows the godan conjugation pattern.
私/俺
Present informal tense
祝う
iwau
I celebrate
Present informal negative tense
祝わない
iwawanai
I don't celebrate
Present formal tense
祝います
iwaimasu
I celebrate
Present formal negative tense
祝いません
iwaimasen
I do not celebrate
私/俺
Past informal tense
祝った
iwatta
I celebrated
Past informal negative tense
祝わなかった
iwawanakatta
I didn't celebrate
Past formal tense
祝いました
iwaimashita
I celebrate
Past formal negative tense
祝いませんでした
iwaimasen deshita
I did not celebrate
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
祝え
iwae
celebrate
Imperative negative mood
祝うな
iwau na
don't celebrate
Imperative formal mood
祝ってください
iwatte kudasai
please celebrate
Imperative formal negative mood
祝わないでください
iwawanai dekudasai
please do not celebrate
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
祝って
iwatte
celebrate
Passive stem
祝われる
iwawareru
celebrated
Hypothetical tense
祝え
iwae
if I celebrated
Hypothetical conditional stem
祝えば
iwaeba
celebrated
私/俺
Volitional stem
祝おう
iwaō
will celebrate
Potential stem
祝える
iwaeru
celebrated
Continuative stem
祝い
iwai
celebrating
Causative stem
祝わせる
iwawaseru
allow to celebrate
私/俺
Imperfective stem
祝わ
iwawa
celebrate

Examples of 祝う

♪　彼女は　その日を　救い 彼女は　讃え　祝う　♪

The day that she who rescued her will cheer and celebrate

祝う?

Celebrate?

昨日と今日、何千ものドイツ人や訪問者が 通りに出ています 祝って,歌って,夢見て

On the street were yesterday and today thousands of Germans and visitors celebrating, singing, dreaming.

祝おう

- Look at this. Let's celebrate.

祝おう ハロルド 感心したか？

Hey, donald, how about that cheese cart?

〈祝い？

Present? Come on, boss.

そんな事より祝いだ、祝い、 しかしながら仕来たりがある

No, you have some celebrating to do. There is however, tradition.

今日　ヤガール族の父の神々は我々と 祝い　楽しむ

The Fathers of the Yagahl played with us today.