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JAPANESE VERB

たつ

立つ

to stand

  • #81 most used
  • Godan verb (u-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI stand
NegativeI don’t stand

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI stood
NegativeI didn’t stand

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formstanding, and…
Doing now (て います)I am standing
Please (て ください)please stand

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can stand
NegativeI can’t stand

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to stand
NegativeI don’t want to stand

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s stand

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am stood
CausativeI make someone stand

How to use たつ

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

  1. Present and future

    バス で は いつも たちます。

    On the bus I always stand.

  2. Past

    きょう は しごと で ごじかん も たちました。

    Today I stood for five whole hours at work.

  3. Te-form

    いりぐち に たって、 まって います。

    I'm standing at the entrance, waiting.

  4. Potential

    こし が いたくて、 たてません。

    My back hurts, I can't stand up.

  5. Want to

    いつか あの ぶたい に たちたい です。

    One day I want to stand on that stage.

  6. Volitional

    いちばん まえ に たとう。 よく みえる よ。

    Let's stand right at the front. We'll see well.

  7. Conditional

    たてば、 みんな の かお が みえます。

    If you stand, you can see everyone's faces.

  8. Commands and requests

    なまえ を よばれたら、 たちなさい。

    When your name is called, stand up.

  9. Passive and causative

    まえ に せ の たかい ひと に たたれて、 みえません。

    A tall person is standing in front of me and I can't see.

Good to know

  • やく に たつ is to be useful: この アプリ は やく に たちます.

Where you hear たつ

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

Japanese · Beginner Level 1

  • サーフィン は ボード の うえ に たちます。 In surfing, you stand on the board.
  • ボード の うえ に たちました！ I stood up on the board!
  • あした は もっと ながく たちます。 Tomorrow I'll stand up for longer.

Japanese · Beginner Level 3

  • なみ が きたら、 たちます。 When the wave comes, you stand up.
  • ボード の うえ に たちました！ I stood on the board!
  • つぎ は もっと ながく たちます。 Next time, I'll stand for longer.
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The Beach at Kamakura

Beginner Level 1 · たって ください！

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Skiing

Beginner Level 3 · たつ

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Dinner at the Inn

Beginner Level 3 · たてません

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Back in Kamakura

Beginner Level 3 · たてる · たてました！

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A Word with Her Father

Intermediate Level 1 · たって た

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The Rehearsal

Intermediate Level 2 · たてば

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Verbs like this one

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