Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI get off | ||
| NegativeI don’t get off |
JAPANESE VERB
おりる
降りる
to get off
- #63 most used
- Ichidan verb (ru-verb)
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI got off | ||
| NegativeI didn’t get off |
Te-form
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formgetting off, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am getting off | ||
| Please (て ください)please get off |
Potential
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can get off | ||
| NegativeI can’t get off |
Want to
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to get off | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to get off |
Volitional
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s get off |
Conditional
条件形 · “if” and “when”
- If (ば) if I get off
- If, when (たら) if I get off
Commands and requests
命令形 · from gentle to blunt
- Do it (なさい) get off (do it)
- Plain command get off!
- Please don’t please don’t get off
Passive and causative
受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| PassiveI am gotten off | ||
| CausativeI make someone get off |
How to use おりる
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present and future
わたし は つぎ で おります。
I get off at the next stop.
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Past
まちがえて ひとつ まえ の えき で おりました。
By mistake I got off one station early.
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Te-form
エレベーター で いっかい に おりて ください。
Please go down to the first floor by elevator.
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Potential
でんしゃ が こんで いて、 おりられませんでした。
The train was so crowded I couldn't get off.
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Want to
つぎ の バスてい で おりたい です。
I want to get off at the next bus stop.
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Volitional
けしき が いい から、 ここ で おりよう。
The view is nice, let's get off here.
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Conditional
しんじゅく で おりれば、 ちかい です よ。
If you get off at Shinjuku, it's close.
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Commands and requests
あぶない から、 いす から おりなさい。
It's dangerous, get down from the chair.
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Passive and causative
しゃちょう は つぎ の えき で おりられます。
The president gets off at the next station.
Good to know
- Get off a train with を: でんしゃ を おります. おりる is also to go down: かいだん を おります.
- おりられます in the passive sentence is the polite (honorific) use of that form.
Where you hear おりる
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Japanese · Beginner Level 1
- わたし は つぎ の えき で おります。 I get off at the next station.
- まちがえて、 ひとつ まえ の えき で おりました。 I made a mistake and got off one station early.
- かまくら で おります よ。 We'll get off at Kamakura.
Japanese · Beginner Level 2
- わたし は うえの で おります。 I get off at Ueno.
- つぎ の えき で おりました。 I got off at the next station.
- あさくさ で おります。 I'll get off at Asakusa.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: ichidan verb (ru-verb).