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JAPANESE VERB

つながる

to get through, to be connected

  • #379 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 through
NegativeI don’t get through

Past

finished actions

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

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

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

Potential

可能形 · “can”

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

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s get through

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

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

How to use つながる

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

  1. Present and future

    この へや は ワイファイ が つながりません。

    The Wi-Fi doesn't connect in this room.

  2. Past

    なんかい も かけて、 やっと つながった。

    I called many times and finally got through.

  3. Te-form

    この みち は えき まで つながって います。

    This road leads to the station.

  4. Potential

    つながる まで、 ここ で まてます か。

    Can you wait here until it connects?

  5. Want to

    せかいじゅう の ひと と つながりたい。

    I want to connect with people all over the world.

  6. Volitional

    ネット で せかい と つながろう。

    Let's connect with the world online.

  7. Conditional

    でんわ が つながったら、 すぐ おしえて。

    When the call gets through, tell me right away.

  8. Commands and requests

    たのむ から、 はやく つながれ。

    Come on, please, connect already!

  9. Passive and causative

    でんわ が つながる まで、 ずっと またされた。

    I was kept waiting until the call got through.

Good to know

  • つながる is for the line or the Wi-Fi that connects by itself; つなぐ is to connect something.
  • でんわ が つながる is to get through; ひと と つながる is to be in touch with people.
  • A line connects by itself, so the potential and passive sentences show つながる beside another verb.

Verbs like this one

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