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JAPANESE VERB

とる

取る

to take

  • #35 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 take
NegativeI don’t take

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI took
NegativeI didn’t take

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formtaking, and…
Doing now (て います)I am taking
Please (て ください)please take

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can take
NegativeI can’t take

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s take

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am taken
CausativeI make someone take

How to use とる

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

  1. Present and future

    まいにち メモ を とります。

    I take notes every day.

  2. Past

    いちばん まえ の せき を とった。

    I got a seat at the very front.

  3. Te-form

    すみません、 その しお を とって ください。

    Excuse me, could you pass me the salt?

  4. Potential

    らいしゅう、 やすみ が とれます か？

    Can you get time off next week?

  5. Want to

    うんてん めんきょ を とりたい です。

    I want to get a driving licence.

  6. Volitional

    はやく いって、 いい せき を とろう。

    Let's go early and get good seats.

  7. Conditional

    よやく を とれば、 またない で すみます。

    If you book, you won't have to wait.

  8. Commands and requests

    じぶん の ぶん は じぶん で とりなさい。

    Take your own portion yourself.

  9. Passive and causative

    でんしゃ で せき を とられました。

    Someone took my seat on the train.

Good to know

  • とる takes a thing, a day off, a reservation or a qualification; とる "to take a photo" is written 撮る.

Where you hear とる

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

Japanese · Beginner Level 2

  • ここ で ばんごう を とります。 I take a number here.
  • テーブル から ほん を とりました。 I took a book from the table.
  • あした、 やすみ を とります。 Tomorrow I'll take a day off.
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The City Office

Beginner Level 2 · とって

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Lost Property

Beginner Level 2 · とり に · とり に いって ください

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Verbs like this one

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