嘲笑う (azawarau) conjugation
to sneer at, to ridicule
嘲笑う (あざわらう, azawarau) is a godan verb. Godan verbs change their final kana up and down its column of the kana chart — the a-row for negatives, the i-row before ます, the e-row for potential and ば. Every form below is tappable — hear it, then say it back.
Conjugation table
| Form | Plain (casual) | Polite (~ます) | When you use it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dictionary / plain | 嘲笑う azawarau | 嘲笑います azawaraimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 嘲笑わない azawarawanai | 嘲笑いません azawaraimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 嘲笑った azawaratta | 嘲笑いました azawaraimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 嘲笑わなかった azawarawanakatta | 嘲笑いませんでした azawaraimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 嘲笑って azawaratte | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 嘲笑っている azawaratteiru | 嘲笑っています azawaratteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 嘲笑いたい azawaraitai | 嘲笑いたいです azawaraitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 嘲笑おう azawaraou | 嘲笑いましょう azawaraimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 嘲笑える azawaraeru | 嘲笑えます azawaraemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 嘲笑われる azawarawareru | 嘲笑われます azawarawaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 嘲笑わせる azawarawaseru | 嘲笑わせます azawarawasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 嘲笑わされる azawarawasareru | 嘲笑わされます azawarawasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 嘲笑え azawarae | 嘲笑ってください azawarattekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 嘲笑うな azawarauna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 嘲笑えば azawaraeba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 嘲笑ったら azawarattara | — | “if / when ~”. The everyday conditional. |
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Why it conjugates this way
Godan verbs change their final kana up and down its column of the kana chart — the a-row for negatives, the i-row before ます, the e-row for potential and ば.
See the full rules on the verb conjugation guide.