はいはい
Japanese
Etymology 1
Reduplication of はい (hai).
Interjection
はいはい • (hai hai)
- yeah, sure (interjection of understanding and mild dismissal)
Etymology 2
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 這い這い |
Verb
はいはいする or ハイハイする • (haihai suru) ←はひはひ (fafifafi)?suru (stem はいはいし (haihai suru shi), past はいはいした (haihai suru shita))
Conjugation
Conjugation of "はいはいする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | はいはいし | haihai shi | ||
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | はいはいし | haihai shi | ||
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | はいはいする | haihai suru | ||
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | はいはいする | haihai suru | ||
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | はいはいすれ | haihai sure | ||
| Meireikei ("imperative") | はいはいせよ¹ はいはいしろ² |
haihai seyo¹ haihai shiro² | ||
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | はいはいされる | haihai sareru | ||
| Causative | はいはいさせる はいはいさす |
haihai saseru haihai sasu | ||
| Potential | はいはいできる | haihai dekiru | ||
| Volitional | はいはいしよう | haihai shiyō | ||
| Negative | はいはいしない | haihai shinai | ||
| Negative continuative | はいはいせず | haihai sezu | ||
| Formal | はいはいします | haihai shimasu | ||
| Perfective | はいはいした | haihai shita | ||
| Conjunctive | はいはいして | haihai shite | ||
| Hypothetical conditional | はいはいすれば | haihai sureba | ||
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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