回る

まわるmawaru

turn

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 蹴る, 泊まる, 嫌がる

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回りますまわりますmawarimasu
    2. negative回りませんまわりませんmawarimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative回りましたまわりましたmawarimashita
    2. negative回りませんでしたまわりませんでしたmawarimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 回ってまわってmawatte
    2. request回ってくださいまわってくださいmawatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 回りましょうまわりましょうmawarimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative回りたいまわりたいmawaritai
    2. negative回りたくないまわりたくないmawaritakunai
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回るまわるmawaru
    2. negative回らないまわらないmawaranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative回ったまわったmawatta
    2. negative回らなかったまわらなかったmawaranakatta

  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回っているまわっているmawatte iru
    2. polite回っていますまわっていますmawatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain回れるまわれるmawareru
    2. polite回れますまわれますmawaremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 回ったらまわったらmawattara

  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回られるまわられるmawarareru
    2. polite回られますまわられますmawararemasu
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. 回ろうまわろうmawarō

  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回れまわれmaware
    2. ban回るなまわるなmawaru 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回ればまわればmawareba
    2. negative回らなければまわらなければmawaranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain回らせるまわらせるmawaraseru
    2. polite回らせますまわらせますmawarasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain回らせられるまわらせられるmawaraserareru
    2. polite回らせられますまわらせられますmawaraseraremasu