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願う

to wish

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Conjugation of 願う

This verb follows the godan conjugation pattern. This verb can also mean the following: beg, desire, pray, request, hope, implore
私/俺
Present informal tense
願う
negau
I wish
Present informal negative tense
願わない
negawanai
I don't wish
Present formal tense
願います
negaimasu
I wish
Present formal negative tense
願いません
negaimasen
I do not wish
私/俺
Past informal tense
願った
negatta
I wished
Past informal negative tense
願わなかった
negawanakatta
I didn't wish
Past formal tense
願いました
negaimashita
I wish
Past formal negative tense
願いませんでした
negaimasen deshita
I did not wish
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
願え
negae
wish
Imperative negative mood
願うな
negau na
don't wish
Imperative formal mood
願ってください
negatte kudasai
please wish
Imperative formal negative mood
願わないでください
negawanai dekudasai
please do not wish
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
願って
negatte
wish
Passive stem
願われる
negawareru
wished
Hypothetical tense
願え
negae
if I wished
Hypothetical conditional stem
願えば
negaeba
wished
私/俺
Volitional stem
願おう
negaō
will wish
Potential stem
願える
negaeru
wished
Continuative stem
願い
negai
wishing
Causative stem
願わせる
negawaseru
allow to wish
私/俺
Imperfective stem
願わ
negawa
wish

Examples of 願う

l wish l could have made that l 願う 私 それを作ったかもしれない clearer in the campaign ads キャンペーン広告では より明確

(LAUGHlNG) He is a tool.

Oh l wish l 願う

It's a clip-on.

David l really wish デヴィッド 私 願う you'd just listen to me あなた ただ 私の 言う を 聞きなさい

David, I really wish you'd just listen to me.

and l knew that that's 私 そうしたそれを知っていた what l wanted to do 私 したがっていた l wish they were here 彼ら がここでのl 願う だった to see all this このすべてを見るため

I remember watching him watch them, and I knew that that's what I wanted to do.

願う?

You hope so?

願います

So say we all.

願い?

What is your request?

俺の『願い』を あげるつもりはない

I'm not gonna give you my wish or anything, Hazel.

- 『願い』をくれようとしてる

...and he's giving you his wish.

オーガスタスの『願い』で ここに会いに来たんです

Augustus... He made his wish meeting you so that we could talk.

あんな奴のために 『願い』を使わせてごめん

So sorry that I spent your wish on that asshole.