採る

とるtoru

pick

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 折る, 叱る, 転がる

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採りますとりますtorimasu
    2. negative採りませんとりませんtorimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative採りましたとりましたtorimashita
    2. negative採りませんでしたとりませんでしたtorimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 採ってとってtotte
    2. request採ってくださいとってくださいtotte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 採りましょうとりましょうtorimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative採りたいとりたいtoritai
    2. negative採りたくないとりたくないtoritakunai
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採るとるtoru
    2. negative採らないとらないtoranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative採ったとったtotta
    2. negative採らなかったとらなかったtoranakatta

  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採っているとっているtotte iru
    2. polite採っていますとっていますtotte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain採れるとれるtoreru
    2. polite採れますとれますtoremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 採ったらとったらtottara

  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採られるとられるtorareru
    2. polite採られますとられますtoraremasu
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. 採ろうとろうtorō

  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採れとれtore
    2. ban採るなとるなtoru 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採ればとればtoreba
    2. negative採らなければとらなければtoranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain採らせるとらせるtoraseru
    2. polite採らせますとらせますtorasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain採らせられるとらせられるtoraserareru
    2. polite採らせられますとらせられますtoraseraremasu