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JAPANESE VERB

よる

寄る

to come closer, to move up

  • #307 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 come closer
NegativeI don’t come closer

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI came closer
NegativeI didn’t come closer

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formcoming closer, and…
Doing now (て います)I am coming closer
Please (て ください)please come closer

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can come closer
NegativeI can’t come closer

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to come closer
NegativeI don’t want to come closer

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s come closer

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am come closer
CausativeI make someone come closer

How to use よる

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

  1. Present and future

    かえり に スーパー に よります。

    On the way home I'll drop by the supermarket.

  2. Past

    しゃしん の ため に、 みんな まんなか に よった。

    Everyone moved in to the middle for the photo.

  3. Te-form

    もう すこし こっち に よって。

    Come a bit closer this way.

  4. Potential

    ひと が いっぱい で、 これ いじょう よれません。

    It's packed, I can't move up any further.

  5. Want to

    かえり に ほんや に よりたい。

    On the way back I want to drop into the bookshop.

  6. Volitional

    さむい から、 もっと よろう。

    It's cold, let's huddle closer.

  7. Conditional

    みんな が すこし よれば、 もう ひとり すわれます。

    If everyone moves up a little, one more can sit.

  8. Commands and requests

    あぶない から、 こっち に よりなさい。

    It's dangerous, come over this way.

  9. Passive and causative

    しらない いぬ に よられて、 こわかった。

    A strange dog came up to me and it was scary.

Good to know

  • よる is also to drop in on the way: コンビニ に よる.
  • よって ください is "please move up", to make room.

Where you hear よる

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

Japanese · Intermediate Level 2

  • しゃしん の とき、 みんな まんなか に よる。 In photos, everyone squeezes into the middle.
  • しゃしん の ため に、 みんな で もう すこし よった。 We all moved a little closer for the photo.
  • つぎ の しゃしん で は、 ぼく も まんなか に よる よ。 In the next photo, I'll move into the middle too.
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The Ceremony

Intermediate Level 2 · よって

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Verbs like this one

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