| Verb Conjugations | |
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| aruku (to walk): Group 1 | |
| Informal
Present (Dictionary Form) |
aruku 歩く |
| Formal
Present (~ masu Form) |
arukimasu 歩きます |
| Informal Past (~ ta Form) |
aruita 歩いた |
| Formal Past | arukimashita 歩きました |
| Informal Negative (~ nai Form) |
arukanai 歩かない |
| Formal Negative | arukimasen 歩きません |
| Informal Past Negative | arukanakatta 歩かなかった |
| Formal Past Negative | arukimasen
deshita 歩きませんでした |
| ~ te Form | aruite 歩いて |
| Conditional | arukeba 歩けば |
| Volitional | arukou 歩こう |
| Passive | arukareru 歩かれる |
| Causative | arukaseru 歩かせる |
| Potential | arukeru 歩ける |
| Imperative (Command) |
aruke 歩け |
Examples
| Yoi tenki
datta node aruite kaetta. 良い天気だったので歩いて帰った。 |
Since it was
a nice weather, I walked home. |
| Basutei
made aruite juppun desu. バス停まで歩いて十分です。 |
It is a ten
minute walk to the bus stop. |
| Aruku koto
wa kenkou ni yoi to iwarete imasu. 歩くことは健康に良いといわれています。 |
It is said
that walking is good for health. |
