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JAPANESE VERB

ふる

振る

to dump someone

  • #262 most used
  • Godan verb (u-verb)

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI dump someone
NegativeI don’t dump someone

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI dumped someone
NegativeI didn’t dump someone

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formdumping someone, and…
Doing now (て います)I am dumping someone
Please (て ください)please dump someone

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can dump someone
NegativeI can’t dump someone

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to dump someone
NegativeI don’t want to dump someone

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s dump someone

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I dump someone
  2. If, when (たら) if I dump someone

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) dump someone (do it)
  2. Plain command dump someone!
  3. Please don’t please don’t dump someone

Passive and causative

受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am dumped someone
CausativeI make someone dump someone

How to use ふる

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present and future

    けんた は だれ と つきあって も、 すぐ ふる。

    Whoever Kenta goes out with, he soon dumps her.

  2. Past

    ゆい は かれ を ふった。 りゆう は いわない。

    Yui dumped her boyfriend. She won't say why.

  3. Te-form

    ふって ごめん。 でも、 ともだち で いよう。

    Sorry for dumping you. But let's stay friends.

  4. Potential

    やさしい ひと だ から、 ふれない。

    He's so kind I can't bring myself to dump him.

  5. Want to

    ふりたい けど、 かのじょ を きずつけたくない。

    I want to break it off, but I don't want to hurt her.

  6. Volitional

    あんな ひと、 こっち から ふろう。

    A guy like that, let's dump him first.

  7. Conditional

    いま ふれば、 かのじょ は ないて しまう。

    If I dump her now, she'll cry.

  8. Commands and requests

    そんな おとこ、 はやく ふりなさい。

    A man like that, dump him quick.

  9. Passive and causative

    クリスマス の まえ に、 かのじょ に ふられた。

    I got dumped by my girlfriend before Christmas.

Good to know

  • ふる is also to shake and to wave; ふられる, the passive, is how you say you got dumped.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).