塗る

ぬるnuru

apply

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 捕まる, 治る, 太る

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塗りますぬりますnurimasu
    2. negative塗りませんぬりませんnurimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative塗りましたぬりましたnurimashita
    2. negative塗りませんでしたぬりませんでしたnurimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 塗ってぬってnutte
    2. request塗ってくださいぬってくださいnutte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 塗りましょうぬりましょうnurimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative塗りたいぬりたいnuritai
    2. negative塗りたくないぬりたくないnuritakunai
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塗るぬるnuru
    2. negative塗らないぬらないnuranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative塗ったぬったnutta
    2. negative塗らなかったぬらなかったnuranakatta

  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塗っているぬっているnutte iru
    2. polite塗っていますぬっていますnutte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain塗れるぬれるnureru
    2. polite塗れますぬれますnuremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 塗ったらぬったらnuttara

  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塗られるぬられるnurareru
    2. polite塗られますぬられますnuraremasu
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. 塗ろうぬろうnurō

  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塗れぬれnure
    2. ban塗るなぬるなnuru 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塗ればぬればnureba
    2. negative塗らなければぬらなければnuranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain塗らせるぬらせるnuraseru
    2. polite塗らせますぬらせますnurasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain塗らせられるぬらせられるnuraserareru
    2. polite塗らせられますぬらせられますnuraseraremasu