折る

おるoru

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Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 凍る, 固まる, 叱る

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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折りますおりますorimasu
    2. negative折りませんおりませんorimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative折りましたおりましたorimashita
    2. negative折りませんでしたおりませんでしたorimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 折っておってotte
    2. request折ってくださいおってくださいotte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 折りましょうおりましょうorimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative折りたいおりたいoritai
    2. negative折りたくないおりたくないoritakunai
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折るおるoru
    2. negative折らないおらないoranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative折ったおったotta
    2. negative折らなかったおらなかったoranakatta

  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折っているおっているotte iru
    2. polite折っていますおっていますotte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain折れるおれるoreru
    2. polite折れますおれますoremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 折ったらおったらottara

  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折られるおられるorareru
    2. polite折られますおられますoraremasu
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. 折ろうおろうorō

  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折れおれore
    2. ban折るなおるなoru 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折ればおればoreba
    2. negative折らなければおらなければoranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain折らせるおらせるoraseru
    2. polite折らせますおらせますorasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain折らせられるおらせられるoraserareru
    2. polite折らせられますおらせられますoraseraremasu