Ichidan verb
報じるほうじる
houjiru報じる (ほうじる, houjiru) — to report — is an ichidan verb: 報じて (te-form), 報じた (past), 報じない (negative), 報じます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to inform.
How 報じる conjugates · ichidan verb
Drop the る, then add the ending.
Nothing else moves: every ending attaches straight to the stem 報じ. That is what makes ichidan the easy class.
報じる
dropsstem + ending
報じない報じないnegative · I don't report it.
報じます報じますpolite present
報じて報じてte-form · I report it and …
報じた報じたpast · I reported it.
報じられる報じられるpotential
報じれば報じればif
報じよう報じようvolitional
No sound changes and no vowel rows. The catch is telling ichidan from godan: plenty of godan verbs end in る too.
Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 報じる ほうじる houjiru | |
| past I reported it. | 報じた ほうじた houjita | |
| negative I don't report it. | 報じない ほうじない houjinai | |
| te-form I report it and … | 報じて ほうじて houjite | |
| past negative I didn't report it. | 報じなかった ほうじなかった houjinakatta | |
| volitional | 報じよう ほうじよう houjiyou | |
| potential | 報じられる ほうじられる houjirareru | |
| cond. ば | 報じれば ほうじれば houjireba | |
| cond. たら | 報じたら ほうじたら houjitara | |
| passive It gets reported. | 報じられる ほうじられる houjirareru | |
| causative | 報じさせる ほうじさせる houjisaseru | |
| imperative | 報じろ ほうじろ houjiro |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 報じます ほうじます houjimasu | |
| past I reported it. | 報じました ほうじました houjimashita | |
| negative I don't report it. | 報じません ほうじません houjimasen | |
| past negative I didn't report it. | 報じませんでした ほうじませんでした houjimasendeshita | |
| volitional | 報じましょう ほうじましょう houjimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I'm reporting it. | 報じている ほうじている houjiteiru | |
| ていた I was reporting it. | 報じていた ほうじていた houjiteita | |
| ています I'm reporting it. | 報じています ほうじています houjiteimasu | |
| ていました I was reporting it. | 報じていました ほうじていました houjiteimashita |