Conjugation

流れる

ながれるnagareru

flow

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 逃げる, 加える, 離れる

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流れますながれますnagaremasu
    2. negative流れませんながれませんnagaremasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative流れましたながれましたnagaremashita
    2. negative流れませんでしたながれませんでしたnagaremasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 流れてながれてnagarete
    2. request流れてくださいながれてくださいnagarete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 流れましょうながれましょうnagaremashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative流れたいながれたいnagaretai
    2. negative流れたくないながれたくないnagaretakunai
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流れるながれるnagareru
    2. negative流れないながれないnagarenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative流れたながれたnagareta
    2. negative流れなかったながれなかったnagarenakatta

  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流れているながれているnagarete iru
    2. polite流れていますながれていますnagarete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain流れられるながれられるnagarerareru
    2. polite流れられますながれられますnagareraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 流れたらながれたらnagaretara

  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流れられるながれられるnagarerareru
    2. polite流れられますながれられますnagareraremasu
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. 流れようながれようnagareyō

  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流れろながれろnagarero
    2. ban流れるなながれるなnagareru 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流れればながれればnagarereba
    2. negative流れなければながれなければnagarenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain流れさせるながれさせるnagaresaseru
    2. polite流れさせますながれさせますnagaresasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain流れさせられるながれさせられるnagaresaserareru
    2. polite流れさせられますながれさせられますnagaresaseraremasu