たまう

Japanese
Hiragana modern たまう
historical たまふ
Kanji 給う

Pronunciation

Verb

たまう (godan conjugation, rōmaji tamau)

  1. An auxiliary verb used for politeness. Used primarily by males.

Usage notes
  • Used especially in the imperative tense to form commands. It is attached to the continuative form of a verb and is often spelled in hiragana.
    こちらへ来 (き)たまえ。
    Kochira e kitamae.
    Come here.

Conjugation
Conjugation of "たまう" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) たまわ tamawa
Continuative (連用形) たまい tamai
Terminal (終止形) たまう tamau
Attributive (連体形) たまう tamau
Hypothetical (仮定形) たまえ tamae
Imperative (命令形) たまえ tamae
Key constructions
Passive たまわれる tamawareru
Causative たまわせる
たまわす		 tamawaseru
tamawasu
Potential たまえる tamaeru
Volitional たまおう tamaō
Negative たまわない tamawanai
Negative continuative たまわず tamawazu
Formal たまいます tamaimasu
Perfective たまった tamatta
Conjunctive たまって tamatte
Hypothetical conditional たまえば tamaeba

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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