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JAPANESE VERB

まがる

曲がる

to turn

  • #78 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 turn
NegativeI don’t turn

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI turned
NegativeI didn’t turn

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formturning, and…
Doing now (て います)I am turning
Please (て ください)please turn

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can turn
NegativeI can’t turn

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s turn

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am turned
CausativeI make someone turn

How to use まがる

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

  1. Present and future

    つぎ の しんごう を みぎ に まがります。

    You turn right at the next traffic light.

  2. Past

    ひとつ め の かど を ひだり に まがりました。

    I turned left at the first corner.

  3. Te-form

    あの ゆうびんきょく の まえ で まがって ください。

    Please turn in front of that post office.

  4. Potential

    この みち は ひだり に まがれません。

    You can't turn left on this street.

  5. Want to

    つぎ の かど で まがりたい んです が。

    I'd like to turn at the next corner.

  6. Volitional

    あの コンビニ で みぎ に まがろう。

    Let's turn right at that convenience store.

  7. Conditional

    ここ を まがれば、 こうえん が みえます。

    If you turn here, you'll see the park.

  8. Commands and requests

    ここ で まがらないで ください。 まっすぐ です。

    Please don't turn here. Go straight.

  9. Passive and causative

    まえ の くるま に きゅう に まがられて、 あぶなかった です。

    The car in front turned suddenly, and it was dangerous.

Good to know

  • Turn at a place with を and in a direction with に: かど を みぎ に まがります.

Where you hear まがる

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

Japanese · Beginner Level 1

  • えき の まえ で みぎ に まがります。 You turn right in front of the station.
  • つぎ の しんごう を ひだり に まがりました。 I turned left at the next traffic light.
  • あそこ で みぎ に まがります。 I'll turn right over there.

Japanese · Intermediate Level 1

  • その はりがみ、 すこし まがってる よ。 That sign is a little crooked.
  • えき の まえ で みぎ に まがった。 I turned right in front of the station.
  • つぎ の かど を ひだり に まがろう。 Let's turn left at the next corner.
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Lost in Asakusa

Beginner Level 1 · まがって · まがって ください

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The Big Clean

Intermediate Level 1 · まがってる。

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