座る

すわるsuwaru

sit down

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 渡る, 眠る, 触る

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座りますすわりますsuwarimasu
    2. negative座りませんすわりませんsuwarimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative座りましたすわりましたsuwarimashita
    2. negative座りませんでしたすわりませんでしたsuwarimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 座ってすわってsuwatte
    2. request座ってくださいすわってくださいsuwatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 座りましょうすわりましょうsuwarimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative座りたいすわりたいsuwaritai
    2. negative座りたくないすわりたくないsuwaritakunai
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座るすわるsuwaru
    2. negative座らないすわらないsuwaranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative座ったすわったsuwatta
    2. negative座らなかったすわらなかったsuwaranakatta

  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座っているすわっているsuwatte iru
    2. polite座っていますすわっていますsuwatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain座れるすわれるsuwareru
    2. polite座れますすわれますsuwaremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 座ったらすわったらsuwattara

  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座られるすわられるsuwarareru
    2. polite座られますすわられますsuwararemasu
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. 座ろうすわろうsuwarō

  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座れすわれsuware
    2. ban座るなすわるなsuwaru 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座ればすわればsuwareba
    2. negative座らなければすわらなければsuwaranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain座らせるすわらせるsuwaraseru
    2. polite座らせますすわらせますsuwarasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain座らせられるすわらせられるsuwaraserareru
    2. polite座らせられますすわらせられますsuwaraseraremasu