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JAPANESE VERB

のぼる

登る

to climb

  • #279 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 climb
NegativeI don’t climb

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI climbed
NegativeI didn’t climb

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formclimbing, and…
Doing now (て います)I am climbing
Please (て ください)please climb

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can climb
NegativeI can’t climb

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s climb

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am climbed
CausativeI make someone climb

How to use のぼる

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

  1. Present and future

    まいとし なつ に ふじさん に のぼります。

    Every summer I climb Mount Fuji.

  2. Past

    せんしゅう、 ともだち と やま に のぼった。

    Last week I climbed a mountain with friends.

  3. Te-form

    エレベーター が こわれて、 かいだん を のぼって います。

    The lift's broken, so I'm climbing the stairs.

  4. Potential

    この きゅうな さか、 のぼれる？

    Can you climb this steep slope?

  5. Want to

    いつか あの たかい やま に のぼりたい。

    Someday I want to climb that tall mountain.

  6. Volitional

    あさ はやく おきて、 やま に のぼろう。

    Let's get up early and climb the mountain.

  7. Conditional

    ここ を のぼれば、 うみ が みえる よ。

    If you climb up here, you can see the sea.

  8. Commands and requests

    き に のぼらないで ください。 あぶない です。

    Please don't climb the tree. It's dangerous.

  9. Passive and causative

    コーチ は せんしゅ に まいにち かいだん を のぼらせる。

    The coach makes the players climb stairs every day.

Where you hear のぼる

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

Japanese · Intermediate Level 1

  • あき は よく やま に のぼる。 I often climb mountains in autumn.
  • たかおさん に のぼった。 I climbed Mount Takao.
  • らいねん は ふじさん に のぼる。 Next year I'll climb Fuji.
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Mount Takao

Intermediate Level 1 · のぼる · のぼろう · のぼって よかった · のぼった

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