Godan verb (る)
ぶつかる
butsukaruぶつかる (butsukaru) — to bump into — is a godan verb ending in る: ぶつかって (te-form), ぶつかった (past), ぶつからない (negative), ぶつかります (polite).
It also means to run into; to collide with.
How ぶつかる conjugates · godan る-verb
Only the last kana changes: る becomes ら, り, れ or ろ.
Which one depends on the ending. The five are one line of the hiragana chart — same consonant, vowels あ・い・う・え・お — and everything before that kana never changes.
らぶつからないnegative
りぶつかりますpolite present
るぶつかるdictionary form
れぶつかれるpotentialぶつかればif
ろぶつかろうvolitional
The て and た forms · る → って, った
っぶつかってte-formぶつかったpast
The て and た forms are the only two that don't follow this pattern. Every う-, つ- and る-verb has the same って there.
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Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | ぶつかる butsukaru | |
| past I bumped into something. | ぶつかった butsukatta | |
| negative I don't bump into anything. | ぶつからない butsukaranai | |
| te-form I bump into something and … | ぶつかって butsukatte | |
| past negative I didn't bump into anything. | ぶつからなかった butsukaranakatta | |
| volitional Let's bump into it. | ぶつかろう butsukarou | |
| potential I can bump into it. | ぶつかれる butsukareru | |
| cond. ば If I bump into something, ... | ぶつかれば butsukareba | |
| cond. たら When I bump into it, ... | ぶつかったら butsukattara | |
| passive I get bumped into. | ぶつかられる butsukarareru | |
| causative | ぶつからせる butsukaraseru | |
| imperative N1 | ぶつかれ butsukare |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | ぶつかります butsukarimasu | |
| past I bumped into something. | ぶつかりました butsukarimashita | |
| negative I don't bump into anything. | ぶつかりません butsukarimasen | |
| past negative I didn't bump into anything. | ぶつかりませんでした butsukarimasendeshita | |
| volitional Let's bump into it. | ぶつかりましょう butsukarimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I'm bumping into it. | ぶつかっている butsukatteiru | |
| ていた I was bumping into something. | ぶつかっていた butsukatteita | |
| ています I'm bumping into it. | ぶつかっています butsukatteimasu | |
| ていました I was bumping into something. | ぶつかっていました butsukatteimashita |