JAPANESE VERB

わたる

渡る

to cross

Conjugation

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Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI cross
NegativeI don’t cross

finished actions

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI crossed
NegativeI didn’t cross

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

可能形 · “can”

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI can cross
NegativeI can’t cross

たい形 · “want to”

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

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form	Polite	Plain
Let’slet’s cross

条件形 · “if” and “when”

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Form	Polite	Plain
PassiveI am crossed
CausativeI make someone cross

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

Present and future

まいあさこのはしを わたります。

I cross this bridge every morning.
Past

こどもがひとりでみちを わたった。

The child crossed the street alone.
Te-form

このみちを わたって、ひだりです。

Cross this street and it's on the left.
Potential

しんごうがあおだから、もう わたれる。

The light's green, so we can cross now.
Want to

いつかあのはしをあるいて わたりたい。

Someday I want to walk across that bridge.
Volitional

しんごうがかわったら、 わたろう。

Let's cross when the light changes.
Conditional

かわを わたれば、えきはすぐです。

If you cross the river, the station is right there.
Commands and requests

ここでみちを わたらないで ください。

Please don't cross the street here.
Passive and causative

ちちはいもうとにひとりでみちをわたらせない。

My father doesn't let my little sister cross the street alone.

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Intermediate Level 1 · わたる

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