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言う

to say

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Conjugation of 言う

This verb follows the godan conjugation pattern. This verb can also mean the following: name, tell somebody, give a name, call
私/俺
Present informal tense
言う
Present informal negative tense
言わない
Present formal tense
言います
Present formal negative tense
言いません
私/俺
Past informal tense
言った
Past informal negative tense
言わなかった
Past formal tense
言いました
Past formal negative tense
言いませんでした
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
言え
Imperative negative mood
言うな
Imperative formal mood
言ってください
Imperative formal negative mood
言わないでください
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
言って
Passive stem
言われる
Hypothetical tense
言え
Hypothetical conditional stem
言えば
私/俺
Volitional stem
言おう
Potential stem
言える
Continuative stem
言い
Causative stem
言わせる
私/俺
Imperfective stem
言わ
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Examples of 言う

Don't worry about him 彼を 心配するな he's with them 彼 彼ら をもっている Just listen to me ただ私の 言う を聞きなさい Oh my God what did you do ? あなたをした はそうする

Don't worry about him, he's with them.

We don't talk to him 私達 彼と話さない We don't listen to him 私達 彼の 言う を聞かない

We don't talk to him.

仰るように、「言う」を「仰る」のように変化させる場合がある。

As you say, there are cases where "iu" is replaced by "ossharu".

and what they're 彼ら はもの saying about me 私に関し 言う is that l'm too young 私 若過ぎる to hold this office このオフィスを保持するため Win big but run 走るのを除いて 大きく勝ちなさい like you're 20 down あなた 20歳ように ダウンしなさい

l have some real opposition, and what they're saying about me is that I'm too young to hold this office.

言う... そして最後にあったんだ 「それで 君はそれについてどう考えるか」って

And he finished it with, "Well, what do you think of that?"

あなたを助けるなんて 言わない

And I won't pretend I'm gonna help you after you locked us down here to fend for ourselves.

私も。 あの人の悪口 絶対 言わない

Me too. I will never say anything bad about her again.

何も・・・言わない

Please.

言わない

No, I--

一生、言わない

Not in this lifetime.

無邪気な心の中にしかないと 言います

And in the naive minds of sheltered innocents.

言います

I'll say it

- 再度 言います

I am telling you once again.

it doesn't work like that そのようには ならない and i told you why そして 私 言った 理由を

Or write your own?

私以外 知るはずのない事を 言った

He was telling me things I'd never told anybody. -He could make money.