Conjugation

終わる

おわるowaru

end

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 入る, 取る, 変わる

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終わりますおわりますowarimasu
    2. negative終わりませんおわりませんowarimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative終わりましたおわりましたowarimashita
    2. negative終わりませんでしたおわりませんでしたowarimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 終わっておわってowatte
    2. request終わってくださいおわってくださいowatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 終わりましょうおわりましょうowarimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative終わりたいおわりたいowaritai
    2. negative終わりたくないおわりたくないowaritakunai
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終わるおわるowaru
    2. negative終わらないおわらないowaranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative終わったおわったowatta
    2. negative終わらなかったおわらなかったowaranakatta

  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終わっているおわっているowatte iru
    2. polite終わっていますおわっていますowatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain終われるおわれるowareru
    2. polite終われますおわれますowaremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 終わったらおわったらowattara

  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終わられるおわられるowarareru
    2. polite終わられますおわられますowararemasu
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. 終わろうおわろうowarō

  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終われおわれoware
    2. ban終わるなおわるなowaru 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終わればおわればowareba
    2. negative終わらなければおわらなければowaranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain終わらせるおわらせるowaraseru
    2. polite終わらせますおわらせますowarasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain終わらせられるおわらせられるowaraserareru
    2. polite終わらせられますおわらせられますowaraseraremasu