Conjugation

転がる

ころがるkorogaru

roll

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 叱る, 採る, 劣る

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転がりますころがりますkorogarimasu
    2. negative転がりませんころがりませんkorogarimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative転がりましたころがりましたkorogarimashita
    2. negative転がりませんでしたころがりませんでしたkorogarimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 転がってころがってkorogatte
    2. request転がってくださいころがってくださいkorogatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 転がりましょうころがりましょうkorogarimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative転がりたいころがりたいkorogaritai
    2. negative転がりたくないころがりたくないkorogaritakunai
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転がるころがるkorogaru
    2. negative転がらないころがらないkorogaranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative転がったころがったkorogatta
    2. negative転がらなかったころがらなかったkorogaranakatta

  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転がっているころがっているkorogatte iru
    2. polite転がっていますころがっていますkorogatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain転がれるころがれるkorogareru
    2. polite転がれますころがれますkorogaremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 転がったらころがったらkorogattara

  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転がられるころがられるkorogarareru
    2. polite転がられますころがられますkorogararemasu
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. 転がろうころがろうkorogarō

  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転がれころがれkorogare
    2. ban転がるなころがるなkorogaru 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転がればころがればkorogareba
    2. negative転がらなければころがらなければkorogaranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain転がらせるころがらせるkorogaraseru
    2. polite転がらせますころがらせますkorogarasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain転がらせられるころがらせられるkorogaraserareru
    2. polite転がらせられますころがらせられますkorogaraseraremasu