Conjugation

先走る

さきばしるsakibashiru

jump the gun

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, いたわる, 差し迫る, 垂れ下がる

  • Godan, not ichidan

    It ends in -iru or -eru, but it is a godan verb: 先走ります, 先走らない.

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先走りますさきばしりますsakibashirimasu
    2. negative先走りませんさきばしりませんsakibashirimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative先走りましたさきばしりましたsakibashirimashita
    2. negative先走りませんでしたさきばしりませんでしたsakibashirimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 先走ってさきばしってsakibashitte
    2. request先走ってくださいさきばしってくださいsakibashitte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 先走りましょうさきばしりましょうsakibashirimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative先走りたいさきばしりたいsakibashiritai
    2. negative先走りたくないさきばしりたくないsakibashiritakunai
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先走るさきばしるsakibashiru
    2. negative先走らないさきばしらないsakibashiranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative先走ったさきばしったsakibashitta
    2. negative先走らなかったさきばしらなかったsakibashiranakatta

  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先走っているさきばしっているsakibashitte iru
    2. polite先走っていますさきばしっていますsakibashitte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain先走れるさきばしれるsakibashireru
    2. polite先走れますさきばしれますsakibashiremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 先走ったらさきばしったらsakibashittara

  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先走られるさきばしられるsakibashirareru
    2. polite先走られますさきばしられますsakibashiraremasu
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. 先走ろうさきばしろうsakibashirō

  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先走れさきばしれsakibashire
    2. ban先走るなさきばしるなsakibashiru 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先走ればさきばしればsakibashireba
    2. negative先走らなければさきばしらなければsakibashiranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain先走らせるさきばしらせるsakibashiraseru
    2. polite先走らせますさきばしらせますsakibashirasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain先走らせられるさきばしらせられるsakibashiraserareru
    2. polite先走らせられますさきばしらせられますsakibashiraseraremasu