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JAPANESE VERB

わる

割る

to break

  • #456 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 break
NegativeI don’t break

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI broke
NegativeI didn’t break

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formbreaking, and…
Doing now (て います)I am breaking
Please (て ください)please break

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can break
NegativeI can’t break

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s break

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am broken
CausativeI make someone break

How to use わる

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

  1. Present and future

    そうた は しょっちゅう さら を わります。

    Sota is forever breaking plates.

  2. Past

    けさ、 おきにいり の コップ を わった。

    This morning I broke my favourite cup.

  3. Te-form

    たまご を ふたつ わって、 まぜて ください。

    Break two eggs and mix them, please.

  4. Potential

    この ガラス は、 かたくて われません。

    This glass is hard and can't be broken.

  5. Want to

    この くるみ を わりたい けど、 どうぐ が ない。

    I want to crack these walnuts, but I have no tool.

  6. Volitional

    うみ で スイカ を わろう よ。

    Let's split a watermelon at the beach.

  7. Conditional

    さら を わったら、 すぐ いって ね。

    If you break a plate, tell me right away.

  8. Commands and requests

    ガラス を わらないで ね。 あぶない から。

    Don't break the glass, it's dangerous.

  9. Passive and causative

    ねこ に かびん を わられた。

    The cat broke my vase.

Good to know

  • わる is to break something that shatters: a plate, a glass, an egg. われる is for what breaks by itself.
  • わる is also to divide: ろく わる に は さん.

Where you hear わる

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

Japanese · Intermediate Level 2

  • いそぐ と、 さら を わります よ。 If you rush, you break plates.
  • きのう、 コップ を わった。 I broke a glass yesterday.
  • そうた は あした も さら を わる でしょ。 Sota will break a plate tomorrow too, I bet.
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Verbs like this one

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