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JAPANESE VERB

とおる

通る

to go through, to pass by

  • #281 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 go through
NegativeI don’t go through

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI went through
NegativeI didn’t go through

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formgoing through, and…
Doing now (て います)I am going through
Please (て ください)please go through

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can go through
NegativeI can’t go through

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to go through
NegativeI don’t want to go through

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s go through

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am gone through
CausativeI make someone go through

How to use とおる

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

  1. Present and future

    この バス は、 えき の まえ を とおります か。

    Does this bus go past the station?

  2. Past

    きのう、 ゆい の いえ の まえ を とおった よ。

    I passed by your house yesterday, Yui.

  3. Te-form

    いま、 ながい トンネル を とおって います。

    We're going through a long tunnel right now.

  4. Potential

    こうじ ちゅう で、 この みち は とおれません。

    This road is closed for roadworks; you can't get through.

  5. Want to

    かえり は、 さくら の みち を とおりたい。

    On the way back I want to go along the cherry-tree road.

  6. Volitional

    こんで いる から、 うらみち を とおろう。

    It's crowded, so let's take the back streets.

  7. Conditional

    ここ を とおれば、 ごふん はやく つきます。

    If you go this way, you arrive five minutes earlier.

  8. Commands and requests

    くらい みち を とおらないで、 おおどおり を あるきなさい。

    Don't go down dark streets, walk along the main road.

  9. Passive and causative

    こども に あぶない みち を とおらせません。

    I don't let the children go along the dangerous road.

Good to know

  • What you pass through or along takes を: トンネル を とおる, この みち を とおる.
  • とおる is also to pass a test or an application: しんさ に とおった.

Verbs like this one

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