Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI ride | ||
| NegativeI don’t ride |
JAPANESE VERB
乗る
to ride, to take
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now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI ride | ||
| NegativeI don’t ride |
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI rode | ||
| NegativeI didn’t ride |
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formriding, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am riding | ||
| Please (て ください)please ride |
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can ride | ||
| NegativeI can’t ride |
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to ride | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to ride |
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s ride |
条件形 · “if” and “when”
命令形 · from gentle to blunt
受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| PassiveI am ridden | ||
| CausativeI make someone ride |
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
まいあさ、 やまのてせん に のります。
Every morning I take the Yamanote line.
はじめて しんかんせん に のりました。
I rode the Shinkansen for the first time.
この バス に のって、 さんばん め で おりて ください。
Take this bus and get off at the third stop.
この きっぷ で ちかてつ に のれます か。
Can I take the subway with this ticket?
いちど ふね に のりたい です。
I'd like to take a boat once.
こんで いる から、 タクシー に のろう。
It's crowded, let's take a taxi.
きゅうこう に のれば、 さんじゅっぷん で つきます。
If you take the express, you'll be there in thirty minutes.
はやく のりなさい。 ドア が しまる よ。
Get on quickly. The doors are closing.
むすこ を はじめて ひとり で でんしゃ に のらせました。
I let my son ride the train alone for the first time.
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).