JAPANESE VERB

とぶ

飛ぶ

to fly, to jump

Conjugation

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Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI fly
NegativeI don’t fly

finished actions

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI flew
NegativeI didn’t fly

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

可能形 · “can”

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI can fly
NegativeI can’t fly

たい形 · “want to”

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

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form	Polite	Plain
Let’slet’s fly

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 flown
CausativeI make someone fly

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

Present and future

このとりは、ふゆにみなみへ とびます。

This bird flies south in winter.
Past

ぼうしがかぜで とんだ。

My hat flew off in the wind.
Te-form

ひこうきがひくく とんで いる。

A plane is flying low.
Potential

ペンギンはとりだけど、 とべません。

Penguins are birds, but they can't fly.
Want to

とりのようにそらを とびたい。

I want to fly in the sky like a bird.
Volitional

おおきいみずたまりだ。 とぼう。

That's a big puddle. Let's jump it.
Conditional

とうきょうから とべば、おおさかまでいちじかんです。

If you fly from Tokyo, it's an hour to Osaka.
Commands and requests

あぶないから、ベッドのうえで とばないで。

It's dangerous, don't jump on the bed.
Passive and causative

かぜで、せんたくものをとばされた。

The wind blew my washing away.

とぶ is both to fly and to jump; in kanji they are 飛ぶ and 跳ぶ, but they sound the same.
とばす is to make something fly: かみひこうきをとばす.

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