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JAPANESE VERB

ならべる

並べる

to set out, to line up

  • #354 most used
  • Ichidan verb (ru-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI set out
NegativeI don’t set out

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI set out
NegativeI didn’t set out

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formsetting out, and…
Doing now (て います)I am setting out
Please (て ください)please set out

Potential

可能形 · “can”

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

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s set out

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am set out
CausativeI make someone set out

How to use ならべる

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

  1. Present and future

    テーブル に おさら を ならべます。

    I set the plates out on the table.

  2. Past

    げんかん に くつ を きれい に ならべた。

    I lined the shoes up neatly in the entrance.

  3. Te-form

    いす を まるく ならべて ください。

    Please arrange the chairs in a circle.

  4. Potential

    この たな に は ほん が ひゃくさつ ならべられる。

    You can line up a hundred books on this shelf.

  5. Want to

    まど の そば に はな を ならべたい。

    I want to set out flowers by the window.

  6. Volitional

    おもちゃ を おおきさ の じゅん に ならべよう。

    Let's line the toys up by size.

  7. Conditional

    ならべれば、 どれ が おおきい か わかる。

    If you line them up, you can see which is bigger.

  8. Commands and requests

    みち に しょうひん を ならべないで ください。

    Please don't display goods on the street.

  9. Passive and causative

    みせ の まえ に はな が きれい に ならべられて いた。

    Flowers were beautifully arranged in front of the shop.

Good to know

  • ならべる is to line things up; ならぶ is to stand in line yourself.

Where you hear ならべる

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Japanese · Intermediate Level 1

  • まいあさ、 おちゃわん を ならべる。 I set out the bowls every morning.
  • テーブル に おさら を ならべた。 I set the plates out on the table.
  • あした は わたし が ならべる。 I'll set them out tomorrow.
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Intermediate Level 1 · ならべて

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The same pattern, on other verbs: ichidan verb (ru-verb).