JAPANESE VERB

ひろう

拾う

to pick up

Conjugation

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Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI pick up
NegativeI don’t pick up

finished actions

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI picked up
NegativeI didn’t pick up

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

可能形 · “can”

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI can pick up
NegativeI can’t pick up

たい形 · “want to”

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI want to pick up
NegativeI don’t want to pick up

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form	Polite	Plain
Let’slet’s pick up

条件形 · “if” and “when”

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”

Form	Polite	Plain
PassiveI am picked up
CausativeI make someone pick up

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

Present and future

まいあさ、こうえんのごみを ひろいます。

Every morning I pick up litter in the park.
Past

みちでさいふを ひろった。

I found a wallet on the street.
Te-form

おちたはしを ひろって ください。

Please pick up the chopsticks that fell.
Potential

あめのひはタクシーが ひろえない。

On rainy days you can't get a taxi.
Want to

うみできれいなかいを ひろいたい。

I want to collect pretty shells at the beach.
Volitional

おちているごみを ひろおう。

Let's pick up the litter lying around.
Conditional

おかねを ひろったら、こうばんにとどけてね。

If you find money, take it to the police box.
Commands and requests

おとしたものはじぶんで ひろいなさい。

Pick up what you dropped yourself.
Passive and causative

このねこはあめのひにちちにひろわれました。

This cat was found by my father on a rainy day.

The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).