触る

さわるsawaru

touch

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 眠る, 座る, 割る

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触りますさわりますsawarimasu
    2. negative触りませんさわりませんsawarimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative触りましたさわりましたsawarimashita
    2. negative触りませんでしたさわりませんでしたsawarimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 触ってさわってsawatte
    2. request触ってくださいさわってくださいsawatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 触りましょうさわりましょうsawarimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative触りたいさわりたいsawaritai
    2. negative触りたくないさわりたくないsawaritakunai
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触るさわるsawaru
    2. negative触らないさわらないsawaranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative触ったさわったsawatta
    2. negative触らなかったさわらなかったsawaranakatta

  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触っているさわっているsawatte iru
    2. polite触っていますさわっていますsawatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain触れるさわれるsawareru
    2. polite触れますさわれますsawaremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 触ったらさわったらsawattara

  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触られるさわられるsawarareru
    2. polite触られますさわられますsawararemasu
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. 触ろうさわろうsawarō

  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触れさわれsaware
    2. ban触るなさわるなsawaru 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触ればさわればsawareba
    2. negative触らなければさわらなければsawaranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain触らせるさわらせるsawaraseru
    2. polite触らせますさわらせますsawarasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain触らせられるさわらせられるsawaraserareru
    2. polite触らせられますさわらせられますsawaraseraremasu