Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI go right past | ||
| NegativeI don’t go right past |
JAPANESE VERB
とおりすぎる
通り過ぎる
to go right past
- 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 went right past | ||
| NegativeI didn’t go right past |
Te-form
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formgoing right past, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am going right past | ||
| Please (て ください)please go right past |
Potential
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can go right past | ||
| NegativeI can’t go right past |
Want to
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to go right past | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to go right past |
Volitional
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s go right past |
Conditional
条件形 · “if” and “when”
- If (ば) if I go right past
- If, when (たら) if I go right past
Commands and requests
命令形 · from gentle to blunt
- Do it (なさい) go right past (do it)
- Plain command go right past!
- Please don’t please don’t go right past
Passive and causative
受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| PassiveI am gone right past | ||
| CausativeI make someone go right past |
How to use とおりすぎる
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present and future
この バス は、 わたし の うち の まえ を とおりすぎます。
This bus goes right past my house.
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Past
はなし に むちゅう で、 みせ を とおりすぎた。
We were so deep in talk we walked right past the shop.
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Te-form
きゅうきゅうしゃ が、 いま とおりすぎて いった。
An ambulance just went past.
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Potential
あの いい におい の まえ は、 とおりすぎられない。
I can't walk past that lovely smell.
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Want to
この さかみち は、 はやく とおりすぎたい。
I want to get past this hill quickly.
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Volitional
しらない ふり を して、 とおりすぎよう。
Let's pretend we don't know him and walk on past.
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Conditional
コンビニ を とおりすぎれば、 みぎ に こうえん が あります。
If you go past the convenience store, there's a park on the right.
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Commands and requests
あの みせ は たかい から、 とおりすぎなさい。
That shop's expensive, walk on past.
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Passive and causative
タクシー に、 め の まえ を とおりすぎられた。
A taxi drove right past me.
Good to know
- とおりすぎる is とおる plus すぎる: to pass and keep going. The place takes を: えき を とおりすぎる. のりすごす is to miss your stop on a train.
Where you hear とおりすぎる
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Japanese · Fluency Level 1
- はな は、 いつも ペン を とおりすぎる。 Hana always goes right past the pen.
- バス が、 えき を とおりすぎた。 The bus went right past the station.
- あした は、 はなや を とおりすぎないで ね。 Tomorrow, don't go right past the Hanaya.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: ichidan verb (ru-verb).