Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI stay | ||
| NegativeI don’t stay |
JAPANESE VERB
のこる
残る
to stay, to remain
- #437 most used
- Godan verb (u-verb)
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI stayed | ||
| NegativeI didn’t stay |
Te-form
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formstaying, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am staying | ||
| Please (て ください)please stay |
Potential
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can stay | ||
| NegativeI can’t stay |
Want to
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to stay | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to stay |
Volitional
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s stay |
Conditional
条件形 · “if” and “when”
- If (ば) if I stay
- If, when (たら) if I stay
Commands and requests
命令形 · from gentle to blunt
- Do it (なさい) stay (do it)
- Plain command stay!
- Please don’t please don’t stay
Passive and causative
受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| PassiveI am stayed | ||
| CausativeI make someone stay |
How to use のこる
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present and future
きょう は おそく まで かいしゃ に のこります。
Today I'll stay late at the office.
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Past
カレー が すこし のこりました。
There's a little curry left.
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Te-form
まだ ゆき が のこって います ね。
There's still snow left, isn't there.
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Potential
あした まで ここ に のこれます か。
Can you stay here until tomorrow?
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Want to
もう すこし にほん に のこりたい です。
I want to stay in Japan a bit longer.
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Volitional
みんな が かえって も、 ぼく は のころう。
Even if everyone leaves, I'll stay.
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Conditional
ごはん が のこったら、 れいぞうこ に いれて ください。
If there's rice left, please put it in the fridge.
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Commands and requests
じゅぎょう の あと、 きょうしつ に のこりなさい。
Stay in the classroom after class.
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Passive and causative
せんせい は ベン を きょうしつ に のこらせました。
The teacher kept Ben behind in the classroom.
Good to know
- のこる is what stays (food is left); のこす is what you do (you leave food).
Where you hear のこる
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Japanese · Beginner Level 1
- ふゆ も ここ に のこります。 I stay here in winter too.
- けっきょく、 にほん に のこりました。 In the end, I stayed in Japan.
- らいねん も にほん に のこります。 I'll stay in Japan next year too.
Japanese · Beginner Level 2
- ベン さん は まいばん がっこう に のこります ね。 You stay at school every evening, don't you, Ben.
- けっきょく、 にほん に のこりました。 In the end, I stayed in Japan.
- あした は じゅぎょう の あと、 がっこう に のこります。 Tomorrow I'll stay at school after class.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).