godan verb (v5u, vt) · N5
買うkau
to buy
- to purchase
- to valuehighly
- to think highly of
Remember it
Connect the sound to "cow". Picture a cow standing at a checkout counter in a scene for "to buy" so the sound points straight back to the meaning.
Forms
Non-past affirmative | Past affirmative | Non-past negative | Past negative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Informal plain form | 買う | 買った | 買わない | 買わなかった |
Formal -masu base | 買います | 買いました | 買いません | 買いませんでした |
te-form
買って
connector — “… and then”
Godan verb — the final kana shifts depending on the form.
Learning status
learning
Recognition2 / 5
Recall2 / 5
Reading2 / 5