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JAPANESE VERB

まわる

回る

to go round

  • #283 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 go round
NegativeI don’t go round

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI went round
NegativeI didn’t go round

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formgoing round, and…
Doing now (て います)I am going round
Please (て ください)please go round

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can go round
NegativeI can’t go round

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to go round
NegativeI don’t want to go round

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s go round

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am gone round
CausativeI make someone go round

How to use まわる

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

  1. Present and future

    ちきゅう は たいよう の まわり を まわります。

    The Earth goes round the Sun.

  2. Past

    いちにち で、 おてら を みっつ まわった。

    In one day we went round three temples.

  3. Te-form

    せんぷうき が ゆっくり まわって いる。

    The fan is turning slowly.

  4. Potential

    いちにち で ぜんぶ の みせ は まわれません。

    You can't get round all the shops in one day.

  5. Want to

    レンタカー で、 しま を ぐるっと まわりたい。

    I want to drive right round the island in a rental car.

  6. Volitional

    じかん が ある から、 もう いっけん まわろう。

    We've got time, so let's do one more place.

  7. Conditional

    うしろ に まわれば、 いりぐち が あります。

    If you go round the back, there's an entrance.

  8. Commands and requests

    め が まわる から、 そんな に まわらないで。

    You'll get dizzy, don't spin so much.

  9. Passive and causative

    しんにゅうしゃいん に、 おきゃくさん を まわらせます。

    We have the new employees go round the clients.

Good to know

  • まわる is to turn round or to go around places: きょうと を まわる; the transitive is まわす, to turn something.
  • め が まわる is to feel dizzy.

Verbs like this one

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