JAPANESE VERB

そだつ

育つ

to grow up

Conjugation

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Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI grow up
NegativeI don’t grow up

finished actions

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI grew up
NegativeI didn’t grow up

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

可能形 · “can”

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI can grow up
NegativeI can’t grow up

たい形 · “want to”

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI want to grow up
NegativeI don’t want to grow up

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form	Polite	Plain
Let’slet’s grow up

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 grown up
CausativeI make someone grow up

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

Present and future

このはなはひかげでも そだちます。

This flower grows even in the shade.
Past

わたしはおおさかでうまれて、とうきょうで そだった。

I was born in Osaka and grew up in Tokyo.
Te-form

むすめはすくすく そだって います。

My daughter is growing up healthy.
Potential

そだつ のがはやくて、ついていけません。

They grow so fast I can't keep up.
Want to

こどもにはのびのび そだって ほしい。

I want my children to grow up free and easy.
Volitional

このきが そだつ のをいっしょにみよう。

Let's watch this tree grow together.
Conditional

もうすこし そだてば、みがなります。

Once it grows a bit more, it'll bear fruit.
Commands and requests

おおきく そだつ ように、まいにちみずをやりなさい。

Water it every day so it grows big.
Passive and causative

そだった いえはもうこわされていた。

The house I grew up in had already been torn down.

そだつ is for the child or plant that grows; そだてる is for the parent who raises them.
Growing is not something you decide, so the potential, want, volitional, imperative and passive sentences show そだつ beside another verb.

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