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請う

to ask

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Conjugation of 請う

This verb follows the godan conjugation pattern. This verb can also mean the following: request, entreat, beg, appeal, solicit
私/俺
Present informal tense
請う
kou
I ask
Present informal negative tense
請わない
kowanai
I don't ask
Present formal tense
請います
koimasu
I ask
Present formal negative tense
請いません
koimasen
I do not ask
私/俺
Past informal tense
請うた
kouta
I asked
Past informal negative tense
請わなかった
kowanakatta
I didn't ask
Past formal tense
請いました
koimashita
I ask
Past formal negative tense
請いませんでした
koimasen deshita
I did not ask
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
請え
koe
ask
Imperative negative mood
請うな
kou na
don't ask
Imperative formal mood
請うてください
koute kudasai
please ask
Imperative formal negative mood
請わないでください
kowanai dekudasai
please do not ask
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
請うて
koute
ask
Passive stem
請われる
kowareru
asked
Hypothetical tense
請え
koe
if I asked
Hypothetical conditional stem
請えば
koeba
asked
私/俺
Volitional stem
請おう
koō
will ask
Potential stem
請える
koeru
asked
Continuative stem
請い
koi
asking
Causative stem
請わせる
kowaseru
allow to ask
私/俺
Imperfective stem
請わ
kowa
ask

Examples of 請う

請う？

Beg?

どこに "こい"？

- Come on where?

こい・・・

Safe. Come...

こい

Come on. Come on.

こい！

Come!

いい子だ こい

I want you to do it, I want you to do it.

なんとなく　こう...

It's a little bit too much.

甘い蜜を たっぷり 用意してさ｡ こう｡

Like this.

本物を こう･･ ああやって こうやって･･

It's like...

こう…　うまくやろうなんて 思わないほうがいいんだ 自分自身でいいんだよ

Best not to worry about your performance.

食感を楽しむ 感じにしたんだ｡ それで こう 見た目も 小さい アラザンで 飾ってみようと思って｡

And I thought of decorating it with these tiny dragées.