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JAPANESE VERB

ならぶ

並ぶ

to queue, to line up

  • #355 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 queue
NegativeI don’t queue

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI queued
NegativeI didn’t queue

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formqueuing, and…
Doing now (て います)I am queuing
Please (て ください)please queue

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can queue
NegativeI can’t queue

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s queue

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am queued
CausativeI make someone queue

How to use ならぶ

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

  1. Present and future

    この ラーメンや に は、 いつも ひと が ならびます。

    There's always a queue at this ramen shop.

  2. Past

    チケット の ため に さんじかん ならんだ。

    I queued three hours for the tickets.

  3. Te-form

    ここ に いちれつ に ならんで ください。

    Please line up here in a single line.

  4. Potential

    あし が いたくて、 もう ならべません。

    My feet hurt, I can't queue any more.

  5. Want to

    おなか が すいた から、 ならびたくない。

    I'm hungry, so I don't want to queue.

  6. Volitional

    おいしそう だ から、 ちょっと ならぼう か。

    It looks good, shall we queue a bit?

  7. Conditional

    あさ はやく ならべば、 かえます よ。

    If you queue early in the morning, you can buy one.

  8. Commands and requests

    おさないで、 ちゃんと いちれつ に ならびなさい。

    Don't push, queue properly in one line.

  9. Passive and causative

    こどもたち を せ の じゅん に ならばせた。

    I had the children line up in order of height.

Good to know

  • ならぶ is for people or things lining up; ならべる is to line things up: さら を ならべる.

Where you hear ならぶ

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

Japanese · Intermediate Level 2

  • にんき の みせ に は いつも ひと が ならぶ。 People always queue at popular shops.
  • かきごおり の ため に にじゅっぷん ならんだ。 I queued twenty minutes for shaved ice.
  • あした は あさ から ならぶ よ。 Tomorrow I'll queue from the morning.
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Fireworks on the River

Intermediate Level 2 · ならぶ

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Verbs like this one

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