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JAPANESE VERB

そろう

揃う

to be complete, to be all there

  • Godan verb (u-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI am complete
NegativeI am not complete

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI was complete
NegativeI was not complete

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formbeing complete, and…
Doing now (て います)I am being complete
Please (て ください)please be complete

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can be complete
NegativeI can’t be complete

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to be complete
NegativeI don’t want to be complete

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s be complete

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
Passive
Causative

How to use そろう

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

  1. Present and future

    みんな が そろいます ので、 すこし おまち ください。

    Everyone will be here shortly, so please wait a moment.

  2. Past

    ひつよう な しょるい が ぜんぶ そろった。

    All the necessary documents are together.

  3. Te-form

    メンバー が そろって から、 はじめましょう。

    Let's start once everyone's here.

  4. Potential

    にちようび なら、 かぞく ぜんいん が そろえます。

    On Sunday, the whole family can be together.

  5. Want to

    おしょうがつ は、 かぞく みんな で そろいたい。

    At New Year, I want the whole family together.

  6. Volitional

    おぼん に は、 また みんな で そろおう。

    At Obon, let's all get together again.

  7. Conditional

    しょるい が そろえば、 すぐ に てつづき できます。

    Once the papers are complete, you can do the paperwork right away.

  8. Commands and requests

    くじ まで に、 ぜんいん ロビー に そろいなさい。

    Everyone be in the lobby by nine.

  9. Passive and causative

    しあい の まえ に、 せんしゅ を ぜんいん そろわせた。

    Before the match, I had all the players assembled.

Good to know

  • そろう is things or people being all there, by themselves; そろえる is you gathering or lining them up: しょるい が そろう, しょるい を そろえる.
  • みんな そろいました か, "is everyone here?", opens many a meeting and a tour.

Where you hear そろう

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

Japanese · Advanced Level 1

  • しょるい は、 ぜんぶ そろって います。 The documents are all here.
  • きのう の よる、 しょるい が、 やっと そろった。 Last night, the papers were finally all together.
  • あした まで に、 ぜんぶ そろう よ。 By tomorrow, it'll all be there.

Verbs like this one

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