Godan verb (う)

奪ううばう

ubau

to take (by force) · N3

奪う (うばう, ubau) — to take — is a godan verb ending in う: 奪って (te-form), 奪った (past), 奪わない (negative), 奪います (polite).

It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to take away; to snatch.

How 奪う conjugates · godan う-verb

Only the last kana changes: う becomes わ, い, え or お.

Which one depends on the ending. The five are one line of the hiragana chart — same consonant, vowels あ・い・う・え・お — and everything before that kana never changes.

わ奪わないnegative

い奪いますpolite present

う奪うdictionary form

え奪えるpotential奪えばif

お奪おうvolitional

The て and た forms · う → って, ったっ奪ってte-form奪ったpast

The て and た forms are the only two that don't follow this pattern. Every う-, つ- and る-verb has the same って there.

N5 N tags give the JLPT level at which the game starts quizzing a form.

PLAIN

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	奪ううばう ubau
past N5 I snatched it away.	奪ったうばった ubatta
negative N5 I don't take it by force.	奪わないうばわない ubawanai
te-form N5 I snatch it away and …	奪ってうばって ubatte
past negative N4 I didn't take it away.	奪わなかったうばわなかった ubawanakatta
volitional N4 Let's take it away.	奪おううばおう ubaou
potential N3 I can snatch it.	奪えるうばえる ubaeru
cond. ば N3 If I snatch it, ...	奪えばうばえば ubaeba
cond. たら N3 When I take it away, ...	奪ったらうばったら ubattara
passive N2 It gets snatched away.	奪われるうばわれる ubawareru
causative N2 I make someone take it away.	奪わせるうばわせる ubawaseru
imperative N1 Snatch it!	奪えうばえ ubae

POLITE

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	奪いますうばいます ubaimasu
past N5 I snatched it away.	奪いましたうばいました ubaimashita
negative N5 I don't take it by force.	奪いませんうばいません ubaimasen
past negative N4 I didn't take it away.	奪いませんでしたうばいませんでした ubaimasendeshita
volitional N4 Let's take it away.	奪いましょううばいましょう ubaimashou

ASPECT

Form	Conjugation	Audio
ている N4 I'm snatching it away.	奪っているうばっている ubatteiru
ていた N4 I was taking it away.	奪っていたうばっていた ubatteita
ています N4 I'm snatching it away.	奪っていますうばっています ubatteimasu
ていました N4 I was taking it away.	奪っていましたうばっていました ubatteimashita