Volitional form
Published
ふりがな:
This page is a hub for the volitional form 意向形. It describes how to conjugate verbs to their volitional form, and links out to other articles about its use. See backlinks at the bottom for notes linking to this one.
一段 verbs
For 一段 verbs, remove the trailing る and append よう.
- 見る: to see
- 見よう: let's see
五段 verbs
For 五段 verbs, replace the trailing kana (with an u sound) with its companion from the same row of the kana table with an o sound and an additional う at the end.
- 泳ぐ: to swim
- 泳ごう: let's swim
する
- する: to do
- しよう: let's do
来る
- 来る: to come
- 来よう: let's come