JAPANESE VERB

いのる

祈る

to pray, to wish for someone

Conjugation

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Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI pray
NegativeI don’t pray

finished actions

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI prayed
NegativeI didn’t pray

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

可能形 · “can”

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI can pray
NegativeI can’t pray

たい形 · “want to”

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI want to pray
NegativeI don’t want to pray

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form	Polite	Plain
Let’slet’s pray

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 prayed
CausativeI make someone pray

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

Present and future

まいあさ、かぞくのぶじを いのります。

Every morning I pray for my family's safety.
Past

しけんのまえ、じんじゃでごうかくを いのった。

Before the exam, I prayed at the shrine to pass.
Te-form

むすこのしあいがうまくいくよう、ずっと いのって いる。

I've been praying for my son's match to go well.
Potential

とおくにいても、ぶじを いのれます。

Even from far away, you can pray for their safety.
Want to

せかいのへいわを、ほんきで いのりたい。

I want to pray for world peace, and mean it.
Volitional

ふたりのしあわせを、みんなで いのろう。

Let's all pray for the happiness of the couple.
Conditional

いのれば かなう、とそぼはいっていた。

"Pray and it comes true," my grandmother used to say.
Commands and requests

てをあわせて、しずかに いのりなさい。

Put your hands together and pray quietly.
Passive and causative

そぼは、まごたちにしょうがつにかならず いのらせる。

Grandma always makes the grandchildren pray at New Year.

いのる is to pray and to wish someone well: せいこうをいのる. ごけんこうをおいのりもうしあげます closes a formal letter; ごかつやくをおいのりしております, a message to someone leaving.
At a shrine, おまいりする is the visit and いのる what you do in it; the wish you ask for is ねがい.

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Fluency Level 3 · すえながいおしあわせを、おいのりいたします。

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