かたらう

Japanese

Alternative spelling
語らう

Etymology

Derived from かたら (katara, the 未(み)然(ぜん)形(けい) (mizenkei, “irrealis form”) of verb 語(かた)る (kataru, “to tell (e.g. a story); to recite”)) + ふ (fu, an auxiliary verb expressing repetition or ongoing state).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かたらう [kàtáráꜜù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ta̠ɾa̠ɯ̟]

Verb

かたらう • (katarau) ^{←かたらふ (katarafu)^?}godan (stem かたらい (katarai), past かたらった (kataratta))

to discuss

Conjugation

Conjugation of "かたらう" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	かたらわ	katarawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	かたらい	katarai
Shūshikei ("terminal")	かたらう	katarau
Rentaikei ("attributive")	かたらう	katarau
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	かたらえ	katarae
Meireikei ("imperative")	かたらえ	katarae
Key constructions
Passive	かたらわれる	katarawareru
Causative	かたらわせるかたらわす	katarawaseru katarawasu
Potential	かたらえる	kataraeru
Volitional	かたらおう	kataraō
Negative	かたらわない	katarawanai
Negative continuative	かたらわず	katarawazu
Formal	かたらいます	kataraimasu
Perfective	かたらった	kataratta
Conjunctive	かたらって	kataratte
Hypothetical conditional	かたらえば	kataraeba

References

^ “かたらう”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[1] “かたらう”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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