刈る

かるkaru

mow

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 茂る, かする, 尖る

Newbie

The polite forms to talk about now, the future, and the past, and the te-form of requests.

  1. Polite present · -masu

    What you do, usually or soon, said politely. Japanese has one form for the present and the future.

    1. affirmative刈りますかりますkarimasu
    2. negative刈りませんかりませんkarimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

    What you did, or did not do, said politely.

    1. affirmative刈りましたかりましたkarimashita
    2. negative刈りませんでしたかりませんでしたkarimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

    Links actions (and then…), and with ください asks politely.

    1. 刈ってかってkatte
    2. request刈ってくださいかってくださいkatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 刈りましょうかりましょうkarimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

    What you want to do. Add です to be polite.

    1. affirmative刈りたいかりたいkaritai
    2. negative刈りたくないかりたくないkaritakunai
BeginnerThe plain forms of everyday speech, what is going on, what you can do, conditions, and the passive.Plain present · dictionary form · Plain past · -ta · Ongoing · -te iru · Potential · If, when · -tara · PassiveAlso show the Beginner forms (6)

  1. Plain present · dictionary form

    Between friends and family, and before a noun or many phrases. It also says the future.

    1. affirmative刈るかるkaru
    2. negative刈らないからないkaranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

    The past between friends and family, and before a noun.

    1. affirmative刈ったかったkatta
    2. negative刈らなかったからなかったkaranakatta

  3. Ongoing · -te iru

    What is going on now, a habit, or a state that lasts: 結婚している, to be married.

    1. plain刈っているかっているkatte iru
    2. polite刈っていますかっていますkatte imasu

  4. Potential

    What you can do. Its object often takes が: 日本語が話せる.

    1. plain刈れるかれるkareru
    2. polite刈れますかれますkaremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

    If or once something happens, and what you found when it did.

    1. 刈ったらかったらkattara

  6. Passive

    What is done to someone, often to their regret: に marks who does it. It is also a respectful way to speak of others.

    1. plain刈られるかられるkarareru
    2. polite刈られますかられますkararemasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passiveAlso show the Intermediate forms (5)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

    Let’s, between friends; with と思う, what you intend to do.

    1. 刈ろうかろうkarō

  2. Command

    A blunt order or ban (〜な), heard in sports, on signs, and between men. Politely, say 〜てください.

    1. order刈れかれkare
    2. ban刈るなかるなkaru na

  3. Condition · -ba

    If…: the condition for what follows. In the negative, it also says what you must do: 〜なければならない.

    1. affirmative刈ればかればkareba
    2. negative刈らなければからなければkaranakereba

  4. Causative

    Making or letting someone do something: に or を marks who does it.

    1. plain刈らせるからせるkaraseru
    2. polite刈らせますからせますkarasemasu

  5. Causative passive

    Being made to do something you did not want to. In speech, godan verbs often shorten -aserareru to -asareru.

    1. plain刈らせられるからせられるkaraserareru
    2. polite刈らせられますからせられますkaraseraremasu