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JAPANESE VERB

わかれる

別れる

to split up, to part

  • #261 most used
  • Ichidan verb (ru-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI split up
NegativeI don’t split up

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI split up
NegativeI didn’t split up

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formsplitting up, and…
Doing now (て います)I am splitting up
Please (て ください)please split up

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can split up
NegativeI can’t split up

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to split up
NegativeI don’t want to split up

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s split up

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am split up
CausativeI make someone split up

How to use わかれる

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

  1. Present and future

    えき で ともだち と わかれます。

    I say goodbye to my friend at the station.

  2. Past

    ゆい は さんねん つきあった かれ と わかれた。

    Yui split up with the boyfriend she'd been with for three years.

  3. Te-form

    ベン は かのじょ と わかれて から、 げんき が ない。

    Ben has had no energy since he split up with his girlfriend.

  4. Potential

    あの ひと と は、 なかなか わかれられない。

    I just can't bring myself to leave her.

  5. Want to

    かれ と わかれたい けど、 いいだせない。

    I want to break up with him, but I can't bring myself to say it.

  6. Volitional

    きょう は ここ で わかれよう。 また あした。

    Let's part here today. See you tomorrow.

  7. Conditional

    ふたり が わかれたら、 こども は どう なる の？

    If the two of them split up, what happens to the kids?

  8. Commands and requests

    けんか した から って、 わかれないで。

    Don't break up just because you had a fight.

  9. Passive and causative

    わかい ころ、 りょうしん に わかれさせられた。

    When we were young, my parents forced us apart.

Good to know

  • わかれる is to part from someone, at the station or for good; わける is to divide something.
  • The person you part from takes と: かれ と わかれた.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: ichidan verb (ru-verb).