Godan verb (ぶ)
運ぶはこぶ
hakobu運ぶ (はこぶ, hakobu) — to carry — is a godan verb ending in ぶ: 運んで (te-form), 運んだ (past), 運ばない (negative), 運びます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to transport; to move.
How 運ぶ conjugates · godan ぶ-verb
Only the last kana changes: ぶ becomes ば, び, べ or ぼ.
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.
ば運ばないnegative
び運びますpolite present
ぶ運ぶdictionary form
べ運べるpotential運べばif
ぼ運ぼうvolitional
The て and た forms · ぶ → んで, んだ
ん運んでte-form運んだpast
The て and た forms are the only two that don't follow this pattern. Every む-, ぶ- and ぬ-verb has the same んで there.
N5 N tags give the JLPT level at which the game starts quizzing a form.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | 運ぶ はこぶ hakobu | |
| past N5 I carried it. | 運んだ はこんだ hakonda | |
| negative N5 I don't carry it. | 運ばない はこばない hakobanai | |
| te-form N5 I carry it and … | 運んで はこんで hakonde | |
| past negative N4 I didn't carry it. | 運ばなかった はこばなかった hakobanakatta | |
| volitional N4 Let's carry it. | 運ぼう はこぼう hakobou | |
| potential N3 I can carry it. | 運べる はこべる hakoberu | |
| cond. ば N3 If I carry it, ... | 運べば はこべば hakobeba | |
| cond. たら N3 When I carry it, ... | 運んだら はこんだら hakondara | |
| passive N2 It gets carried somewhere. | 運ばれる はこばれる hakobareru | |
| causative N2 I make someone carry it. | 運ばせる はこばせる hakobaseru | |
| imperative N1 Carry it! | 運べ はこべ hakobe |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | 運びます はこびます hakobimasu | |
| past N5 I carried it. | 運びました はこびました hakobimashita | |
| negative N5 I don't carry it. | 運びません はこびません hakobimasen | |
| past negative N4 I didn't carry it. | 運びませんでした はこびませんでした hakobimasendeshita | |
| volitional N4 Let's carry it. | 運びましょう はこびましょう hakobimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている N4 I'm carrying it. | 運んでいる はこんでいる hakondeiru | |
| ていた N4 I was carrying it. | 運んでいた はこんでいた hakondeita | |
| ています N4 I'm carrying it. | 運んでいます はこんでいます hakondeimasu | |
| ていました N4 I was carrying it. | 運んでいました はこんでいました hakondeimashita |