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JAPANESE VERB

くばる

配る

to hand out

  • #445 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 hand out
NegativeI don’t hand out

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI handed out
NegativeI didn’t hand out

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formhanding out, and…
Doing now (て います)I am handing out
Please (て ください)please hand out

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can hand out
NegativeI can’t hand out

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to hand out
NegativeI don’t want to hand out

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s hand out

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am handed out
CausativeI make someone hand out

How to use くばる

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

  1. Present and future

    まいあさ、 えき で チラシ を くばります。

    Every morning they hand out flyers at the station.

  2. Past

    せんせい は せいと に プリント を くばった。

    The teacher handed out worksheets to the students.

  3. Te-form

    この しりょう を みんな に くばって ください。

    Please hand these papers out to everyone.

  4. Potential

    ひとり で ひゃくまい くばれます か。

    Can you hand out a hundred on your own?

  5. Want to

    きんじょ の ひと に も おかし を くばりたい。

    I want to hand out sweets to the neighbours too.

  6. Volitional

    ふたり で わけて、 はやく くばろう。

    Let's split them between us and hand them out quickly.

  7. Conditional

    まえ の ひ に くばれば、 みんな よめます よ。

    If you hand them out the day before, everyone can read them.

  8. Commands and requests

    ひとり に いちまい ずつ くばりなさい。

    Hand out one to each person.

  9. Passive and causative

    えき で ティッシュ を くばられた。

    I was handed tissues at the station.

Good to know

  • き を くばる is to be attentive to the people around you.

Where you hear くばる

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Japanese · Intermediate Level 2

  • しけん の まえ に、 かいとう ようし を くばります。 Before the exam, we hand out the answer sheets.
  • きょう、 せいと に しりょう を くばった。 Today I handed out materials to the students.
  • あした、 おきゃくさま に ちず を くばります。 Tomorrow I'll hand out maps to the guests.
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The N3 Exam

Intermediate Level 2 · くばります

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Verbs like this one

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