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JAPANESE VERB

とし を とる

年 を 取る

to get older

  • #476 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 get older
NegativeI don’t get older

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI got older
NegativeI didn’t get older

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formgetting older, and…
Doing now (て います)I am getting older
Please (て ください)please get older

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can get older
NegativeI can’t get older

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to get older
NegativeI don’t want to get older

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s get older

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am gotten older
CausativeI make someone get older

How to use とし を とる

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

  1. Present and future

    ひと は だれでも とし を とります。

    Everyone gets older.

  2. Past

    ちち も だいぶ とし を とった な。

    Dad has really aged.

  3. Te-form

    とし を とって、 め が わるく なりました。

    I've got older and my eyes have got worse.

  4. Potential

    とし を とって も、 スポーツ は つづけられます。

    Even when you're older, you can keep up sports.

  5. Want to

    わたし は きれい に とし を とりたい。

    I want to age gracefully.

  6. Volitional

    いっしょ に たのしく とし を とろう。

    Let's grow old together happily.

  7. Conditional

    とし を とれば、 だれでも わすれっぽく なります。

    When you get older, everyone gets forgetful.

  8. Commands and requests

    とし を とった ひと に は、 やさしく しなさい。

    Be kind to older people.

  9. Passive and causative

    とし を とる と、 わかい ひと に せき を ゆずられる。

    When you get older, young people give up their seats for you.

Good to know

  • とし を とる is to get older; an elderly person is とし を とった ひと, or more kindly おとしより.
  • Nobody is made to grow old, so the potential, imperative and passive sentences show とし を とる beside another verb.

Verbs like this one

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