Godan verb (る)
弄るいじる
ijiru弄る (いじる, ijiru) — to finger — is a godan verb ending in る: いじって (te-form), いじった (past), いじらない (negative), いじります (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It is usually written in kana: いじる rather than 弄る. It also means to touch; to play with.
How いじる 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.
らいじらないnegative
りいじりますpolite present
るいじるdictionary form
れいじれるpotentialいじればif
ろいじろうvolitional
The て and た forms · る → って, った
っいじってte-formいじった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.
Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | いじる 弄る ijiru | |
| past I fiddled with it. | いじった 弄った ijitta | |
| negative I don't fiddle with it. | いじらない 弄らない ijiranai | |
| te-form I fiddle with something and … | いじって 弄って ijitte | |
| past negative I didn't fiddle with it. | いじらなかった 弄らなかった ijiranakatta | |
| volitional Let's fiddle with it. | いじろう 弄ろう ijirou | |
| potential I can fiddle with it. | いじれる 弄れる ijireru | |
| cond. ば If I fiddle with it, ... | いじれば 弄れば ijireba | |
| cond. たら When I fiddle with it, ... | いじったら 弄ったら ijittara | |
| passive It gets fiddled with. | いじられる 弄られる ijirareru | |
| causative I let someone fiddle with it. | いじらせる 弄らせる ijiraseru | |
| imperative | いじれ 弄れ ijire |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | いじります 弄ります ijirimasu | |
| past I fiddled with it. | いじりました 弄りました ijirimashita | |
| negative I don't fiddle with it. | いじりません 弄りません ijirimasen | |
| past negative I didn't fiddle with it. | いじりませんでした 弄りませんでした ijirimasendeshita | |
| volitional Let's fiddle with it. | いじりましょう 弄りましょう ijirimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I'm fiddling with something. | いじっている 弄っている ijitteiru | |
| ていた I was fiddling with it. | いじっていた 弄っていた ijitteita | |
| ています I'm fiddling with something. | いじっています 弄っています ijitteimasu | |
| ていました I was fiddling with it. | いじっていました 弄っていました ijitteimashita |