戻る

もどるmodoru

return

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 頑張る, 当たる, 関わる

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戻りますもどりますmodorimasu
    2. negative戻りませんもどりませんmodorimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative戻りましたもどりましたmodorimashita
    2. negative戻りませんでしたもどりませんでしたmodorimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 戻ってもどってmodotte
    2. request戻ってくださいもどってくださいmodotte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 戻りましょうもどりましょうmodorimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative戻りたいもどりたいmodoritai
    2. negative戻りたくないもどりたくないmodoritakunai
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戻るもどるmodoru
    2. negative戻らないもどらないmodoranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative戻ったもどったmodotta
    2. negative戻らなかったもどらなかったmodoranakatta

  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戻っているもどっているmodotte iru
    2. polite戻っていますもどっていますmodotte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain戻れるもどれるmodoreru
    2. polite戻れますもどれますmodoremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 戻ったらもどったらmodottara

  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戻られるもどられるmodorareru
    2. polite戻られますもどられますmodoraremasu
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. 戻ろうもどろうmodorō

  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戻れもどれmodore
    2. ban戻るなもどるなmodoru 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戻ればもどればmodoreba
    2. negative戻らなければもどらなければmodoranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain戻らせるもどらせるmodoraseru
    2. polite戻らせますもどらせますmodorasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain戻らせられるもどらせられるmodoraserareru
    2. polite戻らせられますもどらせられますmodoraseraremasu