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庇う

to protect someone

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Conjugation of 庇う

This verb follows the godan conjugation pattern. This verb can also mean the following: speak, speak up for someone, do
私/俺
Present informal tense
庇う
kabau
I protect someone
Present informal negative tense
庇わない
kabawanai
I don't protect someone
Present formal tense
庇います
kabaimasu
I protect someone
Present formal negative tense
庇いません
kabaimasen
I do not protect someone
私/俺
Past informal tense
庇った
kabatta
I protected someone
Past informal negative tense
庇わなかった
kabawanakatta
I didn't protect someone
Past formal tense
庇いました
kabaimashita
I protect someone
Past formal negative tense
庇いませんでした
kabaimasen deshita
I did not protect someone
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
庇え
kabae
protect someone
Imperative negative mood
庇うな
kabau na
don't protect someone
Imperative formal mood
庇ってください
kabatte kudasai
please protect someone
Imperative formal negative mood
庇わないでください
kabawanai dekudasai
please do not protect someone
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
庇って
kabatte
protect someone
Passive stem
庇われる
kabawareru
protected someone
Hypothetical tense
庇え
kabae
if I protected someone
Hypothetical conditional stem
庇えば
kabaeba
protected someone
私/俺
Volitional stem
庇おう
kabaō
will protect someone
Potential stem
庇える
kabaeru
protected someone
Continuative stem
庇い
kabai
protecting someone
Causative stem
庇わせる
kabawaseru
allow to protect someone
私/俺
Imperfective stem
庇わ
kabawa
protect someone