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JAPANESE VERB

ひっぱる

引っ張る

to pull, to tug

  • #272 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 pull
NegativeI don’t pull

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI pulled
NegativeI didn’t pull

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formpulling, and…
Doing now (て います)I am pulling
Please (て ください)please pull

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can pull
NegativeI can’t pull

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to pull
NegativeI don’t want to pull

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s pull

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am pulled
CausativeI make someone pull

How to use ひっぱる

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

  1. Present and future

    むすめ は、 いつも わたし の そで を ひっぱります。

    My daughter is always tugging at my sleeve.

  2. Past

    ドア を ひっぱった が、 あかなかった。

    I pulled the door, but it didn't open.

  3. Te-form

    この ひも を ひっぱって ください。

    Please pull this cord.

  4. Potential

    ひとり で は、 この ロープ は ひっぱれない。

    I can't pull this rope alone.

  5. Want to

    かれ の あし を ひっぱりたくない。 がんばる。

    I don't want to hold him back. I'll work hard.

  6. Volitional

    いっせい に ひっぱろう。 さん、 に、 いち。

    Let's all pull at once. Three, two, one.

  7. Conditional

    つよく ひっぱれば、 きれて しまいます よ。

    If you pull hard, it'll tear.

  8. Commands and requests

    ねこ の しっぽ を ひっぱらないで。

    Don't pull the cat's tail.

  9. Passive and causative

    こども に かみ を ひっぱられた。 いたい。

    The child pulled my hair. Ow.

Good to know

  • おす is to push; doors say おす and ひく.
  • あし を ひっぱる, to pull someone's leg, means to hold them back, not to tease them.

Verbs like this one

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