Conjugation

頑張る

がんばるganbaru

try hard

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 送る, 乗る, 当たる

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頑張りますがんばりますganbarimasu
    2. negative頑張りませんがんばりませんganbarimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative頑張りましたがんばりましたganbarimashita
    2. negative頑張りませんでしたがんばりませんでしたganbarimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 頑張ってがんばってganbatte
    2. request頑張ってくださいがんばってくださいganbatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 頑張りましょうがんばりましょうganbarimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative頑張りたいがんばりたいganbaritai
    2. negative頑張りたくないがんばりたくないganbaritakunai
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頑張るがんばるganbaru
    2. negative頑張らないがんばらないganbaranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative頑張ったがんばったganbatta
    2. negative頑張らなかったがんばらなかったganbaranakatta

  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頑張っているがんばっているganbatte iru
    2. polite頑張っていますがんばっていますganbatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain頑張れるがんばれるganbareru
    2. polite頑張れますがんばれますganbaremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 頑張ったらがんばったらganbattara

  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頑張られるがんばられるganbarareru
    2. polite頑張られますがんばられますganbararemasu
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. 頑張ろうがんばろうganbarō

  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頑張れがんばれganbare
    2. ban頑張るながんばるなganbaru 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頑張ればがんばればganbareba
    2. negative頑張らなければがんばらなければganbaranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain頑張らせるがんばらせるganbaraseru
    2. polite頑張らせますがんばらせますganbarasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain頑張らせられるがんばらせられるganbaraserareru
    2. polite頑張らせられますがんばらせられますganbaraseraremasu