踊る

おどるodoru

dance

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 広がる, 下る, たまる

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踊りますおどりますodorimasu
    2. negative踊りませんおどりませんodorimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative踊りましたおどりましたodorimashita
    2. negative踊りませんでしたおどりませんでしたodorimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 踊っておどってodotte
    2. request踊ってくださいおどってくださいodotte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 踊りましょうおどりましょうodorimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative踊りたいおどりたいodoritai
    2. negative踊りたくないおどりたくないodoritakunai
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踊るおどるodoru
    2. negative踊らないおどらないodoranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative踊ったおどったodotta
    2. negative踊らなかったおどらなかったodoranakatta

  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踊っているおどっているodotte iru
    2. polite踊っていますおどっていますodotte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain踊れるおどれるodoreru
    2. polite踊れますおどれますodoremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 踊ったらおどったらodottara

  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踊られるおどられるodorareru
    2. polite踊られますおどられますodoraremasu
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. 踊ろうおどろうodorō

  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踊れおどれodore
    2. ban踊るなおどるなodoru 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踊ればおどればodoreba
    2. negative踊らなければおどらなければodoranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain踊らせるおどらせるodoraseru
    2. polite踊らせますおどらせますodorasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain踊らせられるおどらせられるodoraserareru
    2. polite踊らせられますおどらせられますodoraseraremasu