Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI am enough | ||
| NegativeI am not enough |
JAPANESE VERB
たりる
足りる
to be enough
- #435 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 was enough | ||
| NegativeI was not enough |
Te-form
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formbeing enough, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am being enough | ||
| Please (て ください)please be enough |
Potential
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can be enough | ||
| NegativeI can’t be enough |
Want to
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to be enough | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to be enough |
Volitional
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s be enough |
Conditional
条件形 · “if” and “when”
- If (ば) if I am enough
- If, when (たら) if I am enough
Commands and requests
命令形 · from gentle to blunt
- Do it (なさい) be enough (do it)
- Plain command be enough!
- Please don’t please don’t be enough
Passive and causative
受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Passive | ||
| Causative |
How to use たりる
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present and future
この おかね で たります か？
Is this money enough?
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Past
テスト の じかん が たりなかった。
There wasn't enough time for the test.
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Te-form
いす は たりて いる？
Do we have enough chairs?
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Potential
この りょう で、 ほんとう に たりられる の？
Can this amount really be enough?
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Want to
いちまんえん で たりたい ん だ けど。
I'd like ten thousand yen to be enough.
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Volitional
こんな すこし じゃ、 たりよう が ない。
With this little, there's no way it's enough.
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Conditional
おかね が たりれば、 りょこう に いきたい。
If the money is enough, I want to travel.
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Commands and requests
きょう は これ で たりなさい。
Make do with this today.
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Passive and causative
すくない よさん で、 なんとか たりさせた。
We somehow made the small budget stretch.
Good to know
- Mostly heard in the negative: おかね が たりない, not enough money.
Where you hear たりる
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Japanese · Intermediate Level 1
- いつも じかん が たりない。 There's never enough time.
- おかね が たりなかった。 I didn't have enough money.
- これ で たりる と おもう。 I think this will be enough.
Japanese · Intermediate Level 2
- おかね が いつも たりない。 I never have enough money.
- じかん が たりなかった。 There wasn't enough time.
- てんぷら は たりる でしょう。 There'll be enough tempura, I expect.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: ichidan verb (ru-verb).