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JAPANESE VERB

うたがう

疑う

to doubt, to suspect

  • #239 most used
  • Godan verb (u-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI doubt
NegativeI don’t doubt

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI doubted
NegativeI didn’t doubt

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formdoubting, and…
Doing now (て います)I am doubting
Please (て ください)please doubt

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can doubt
NegativeI can’t doubt

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s doubt

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I doubt
  2. If, when (たら) if I doubt

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) doubt (do it)
  2. Plain command doubt!
  3. Please don’t please don’t doubt

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am doubted
CausativeI make someone doubt

How to use うたがう

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

  1. Present and future

    わたし は ともだち を うたがいません。

    I don't doubt my friends.

  2. Past

    じぶん の め を うたがった。

    I doubted my own eyes.

  3. Te-form

    けいさつ は あの おとこ を うたがって いる。

    The police suspect that man.

  4. Potential

    あんな に いい ひと を、 うたがえない。

    I can't suspect such a nice person.

  5. Want to

    じぶん の かぞく を うたがいたくない。

    I don't want to doubt my own family.

  6. Volitional

    まず、 その はなし を うたがおう。

    First, let's be sceptical of that story.

  7. Conditional

    いちど うたがえば、 なにも しんじられなく なる。

    Once you doubt, you can't believe anything any more.

  8. Commands and requests

    なんでも かんでも うたがわないで ください。

    Please do not doubt every single thing.

  9. Passive and causative

    みせ で どろぼう と うたがわれた。

    At the shop they suspected me of being a thief.

Where you hear うたがう

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

Japanese · Intermediate Level 1

  • ぼく は その はなし を うたがって いる。 I doubt that story.
  • はじめ は、 かれ の はなし を うたがった。 At first, I doubted his story.
  • こんど は はなし を きく まえ に うたがわない。 Next time I won't doubt it before hearing the story.
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The Plan

Intermediate Level 1 · うたがいません

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Verbs like this one

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