掘る

ほるhoru

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Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 映る, 飾る, いじる

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掘りますほりますhorimasu
    2. negative掘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掘りましたほりましたhorimashita
    2. negative掘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. 掘ってほってhotte
    2. request掘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. 掘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掘りたいほりたいhoritai
    2. negative掘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掘るほるhoru
    2. negative掘らないほらないhoranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative掘ったほったhotta
    2. negative掘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掘っているほっているhotte iru
    2. polite掘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掘れるほれるhoreru
    2. polite掘れますほれますhoremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 掘ったらほったら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掘られるほられるhorareru
    2. polite掘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. 掘ろうほろう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掘れほれhore
    2. ban掘るなほるな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掘ればほればhoreba
    2. negative掘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掘らせるほらせるhoraseru
    2. polite掘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掘らせられるほらせられるhoraserareru
    2. polite掘らせられますほらせられますhoraseraremasu