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Japanese verbがんばる (ganbaru) Conjugation
がんばる (ganbaru) means “to persevere, to persist, to keep at it”. It is a う-verb (godan) verb. It is an う-verb (godan): the last sound changes, がんばらない and がんばります, and the te-form is がんばって. Below is its conjugation in all 14 forms, plain and polite, the same forms the Japanese verb conjugation worksheets print in their answer keys.
- Meaning
- to persevere, to persist, to keep at it
- Type
- う-verb (godan)
- Dictionary form
- がんばる
- Romaji
- ganbaru
- Masu form
- がんばります
- Nai form
- がんばらない
- Te-form
- がんばって
- Ta form
- がんばった
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | がんばる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | がんばらない |
| Polite | がんばります |
| Polite negative | がんばりません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | がんばった |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | がんばらなかった |
| Polite | がんばりました |
| Polite negative | がんばりませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | がんばって |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | がんばらないで |
Progressive (-te iru)ている
| Plain | がんばっている |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | がんばっていない |
| Polite | がんばっています |
| Polite negative | がんばっていません |
Wanting, inviting, telling
Want to (-tai)たい形
| Plain | がんばりたい |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | がんばりたくない |
| Polite | がんばりたいです |
| Polite negative | がんばりたくないです |
Volitional意向形
| Plain | がんばろう |
|---|---|
| Polite | がんばりましょう |
Imperative and requests命令形
| Plain command | がんばれ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative (don't) | がんばるな |
| Polite request (-te kudasai) | がんばってください |
| Polite negative (-naide kudasai) | がんばらないでください |
Can and if
Potential可能形
| Plain | がんばれる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | がんばれない |
| Polite | がんばれます |
| Polite negative | がんばれません |
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | がんばれば |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | がんばらなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | がんばったら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | がんばらなかったら |
Passive and causative
Passive受身形
| Plain | がんばられる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | がんばられない |
| Polite | がんばられます |
| Polite negative | がんばられません |
Causative使役形
| Plain | がんばらせる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | がんばらせない |
| Polite | がんばらせます |
| Polite negative | がんばらせません |
Causative passive使役受身形
| Plain | がんばらされる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | がんばらされない |
| Polite | がんばらされます |
| Polite negative | がんばらされません |
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
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- 思い起こす (omoiokosu)to recall, to remember
- 待たす (matasu)to keep waiting
- 利かせる (kikaseru)to bring out, to put to good use, to make use of
- 駆ける (kakeru)to run, to dash, to race
- 結びつく (musubitsuku)to be related
- かねる (kaneru)to be unable to, to find difficult to do
- 見受ける (miukeru)to catch sight of, to see, to suppose
- 言うまでもない (iumademonai)goes without saying, needless to say, obvious
- 枯れる (kareru)to wither, to be blasted, to die
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