転ぶ

ころぶkorobu

fall

Godan verb, group 1, ending -bu.

Conjugated like 呼ぶ, 選ぶ, 遊ぶ, 結ぶ, 浮かぶ, 立ち並ぶ

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転びますころびますkorobimasu
    2. negative転びませんころびませんkorobimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative転びましたころびましたkorobimashita
    2. negative転びませんでしたころびませんでしたkorobimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 転んでころんでkoronde
    2. request転んでくださいころんでくださいkoronde kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 転びましょうころびましょうkorobimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative転びたいころびたいkorobitai
    2. negative転びたくないころびたくないkorobitakunai
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転ぶころぶkorobu
    2. negative転ばないころばないkorobanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative転んだころんだkoronda
    2. negative転ばなかったころばなかったkorobanakatta

  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転んでいるころんでいるkoronde iru
    2. polite転んでいますころんでいますkoronde imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain転べるころべるkoroberu
    2. polite転べますころべますkorobemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 転んだらころんだらkorondara

  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転ばれるころばれるkorobareru
    2. polite転ばれますころばれますkorobaremasu
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. 転ぼうころぼうkorobō

  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転べころべkorobe
    2. ban転ぶなころぶなkorobu 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転べばころべばkorobeba
    2. negative転ばなければころばなければkorobanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain転ばせるころばせるkorobaseru
    2. polite転ばせますころばせますkorobasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain転ばせられるころばせられるkorobaserareru
    2. polite転ばせられますころばせられますkorobaseraremasu