降る

ふるfuru

fall

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 書き取る, 炊き上がる, 貼る

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降りますふりますfurimasu
    2. negative降りませんふりませんfurimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative降りましたふりましたfurimashita
    2. negative降りませんでしたふりませんでしたfurimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 降ってふってfutte
    2. request降ってくださいふってくださいfutte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 降りましょうふりましょうfurimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative降りたいふりたいfuritai
    2. negative降りたくないふりたくないfuritakunai
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降るふるfuru
    2. negative降らないふらないfuranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative降ったふったfutta
    2. negative降らなかったふらなかったfuranakatta

  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降っているふっているfutte iru
    2. polite降っていますふっていますfutte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain降れるふれるfureru
    2. polite降れますふれますfuremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 降ったらふったらfuttara

  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降られるふられるfurareru
    2. polite降られますふられますfuraremasu
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. 降ろうふろうfurō

  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降れふれfure
    2. ban降るなふるなfuru 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降ればふればfureba
    2. negative降らなければふらなければfuranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain降らせるふらせるfuraseru
    2. polite降らせますふらせますfurasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain降らせられるふらせられるfuraserareru
    2. polite降らせられますふらせられますfuraseraremasu