彫る

ほるhoru

tattoo

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, すする, 起き上がる, 歩き回る

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彫りますほりますhorimasu
    2. negative彫りませんほりませんhorimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative彫りましたほりましたhorimashita
    2. negative彫りませんでしたほりませんでしたhorimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 彫ってほってhotte
    2. request彫ってくださいほってくださいhotte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 彫りましょうほりましょうhorimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative彫りたいほりたいhoritai
    2. negative彫りたくないほりたくないhoritakunai
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彫るほるhoru
    2. negative彫らないほらないhoranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative彫ったほったhotta
    2. negative彫らなかったほらなかったhoranakatta

  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彫っているほっているhotte iru
    2. polite彫っていますほっていますhotte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain彫れるほれるhoreru
    2. polite彫れますほれますhoremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 彫ったらほったらhottara

  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彫られるほられるhorareru
    2. polite彫られますほられますhoraremasu
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. 彫ろうほろうhorō

  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彫れほれhore
    2. ban彫るなほるなhoru 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彫ればほればhoreba
    2. negative彫らなければほらなければhoranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain彫らせるほらせるhoraseru
    2. polite彫らせますほらせますhorasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain彫らせられるほらせられるhoraserareru
    2. polite彫らせられますほらせられますhoraseraremasu