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JAPANESE VERB

ふとる

太る

to put on weight

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

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI put on weight
NegativeI don’t put on weight

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI put on weight
NegativeI didn’t put on weight

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formputting on weight, and…
Doing now (て います)I am putting on weight
Please (て ください)please put on weight

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can put on weight
NegativeI can’t put on weight

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to put on weight
NegativeI don’t want to put on weight

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s put on weight

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I put on weight
  2. If, when (たら) if I put on weight

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) put on weight (do it)
  2. Plain command put on weight!
  3. Please don’t please don’t put on weight

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am put on weight
CausativeI make someone put on weight

How to use ふとる

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

  1. Present and future

    おしょうがつ は いつも ふとります。

    I always put on weight at New Year's.

  2. Past

    ことし は さんキロ も ふとった。

    I put on three whole kilos this year.

  3. Te-form

    さいきん、 ちょっと ふとって きた。

    Lately I've been putting on a bit of weight.

  4. Potential

    たべて も たべて も、 ふとれません。

    No matter how much I eat, I can't gain weight.

  5. Want to

    もう すこし ふとりたい と おもって いる。

    I'm hoping to put on a little weight.

  6. Volitional

    ふとる まえ に、 うんどう を はじめよう。

    Before we get fat, let's start exercising.

  7. Conditional

    これ いじょう ふとったら、 スーツ が はいらない。

    If I gain any more weight, my suit won't fit.

  8. Commands and requests

    もっと たべて、 すこし ふとりなさい。

    Eat more and put on a little weight.

  9. Passive and causative

    おばあちゃん の りょうり が わたし を ふとらせた。

    Grandma's cooking made me fat.

Good to know

  • ふとって います, "I'm overweight", uses the て form: the weight has already come.
  • ふとろう is hardly said, so the volitional sentence shows ふとる beside another verb.

Verbs like this one

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