Godan verb (る)
サボる
saboruサボる (saboru) — to be truant — is a godan verb ending in る: サボって (te-form), サボった (past), サボらない (negative), サボります (polite).
It also means to slack off; to play hooky.
How サボる 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.
らサボらないnegative
りサボりますpolite present
るサボるdictionary form
れサボれるpotentialサボればif
ろサボろうvolitional
The て and た forms · る → って, った
っサボってte-formサボった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 | サボる saboru | |
| past I slacked off. | サボった sabotta | |
| negative I don't slack off. | サボらない saboranai | |
| te-form I slack off and … | サボって sabotte | |
| past negative I didn't slack off. | サボらなかった saboranakatta | |
| volitional Let's slack off. | サボろう saborou | |
| potential I can slack off. | サボれる saboreru | |
| cond. ば If I slack off, ... | サボれば saboreba | |
| cond. たら When I slack off, ... | サボったら sabottara | |
| passive | サボられる saborareru | |
| causative I let someone slack off. | サボらせる saboraseru | |
| imperative | サボれ sabore |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | サボります saborimasu | |
| past I slacked off. | サボりました saborimashita | |
| negative I don't slack off. | サボりません saborimasen | |
| past negative I didn't slack off. | サボりませんでした saborimasendeshita | |
| volitional Let's slack off. | サボりましょう saborimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I'm slacking off. | サボっている sabotteiru | |
| ていた I was slacking off. | サボっていた sabotteita | |
| ています I'm slacking off. | サボっています sabotteimasu | |
| ていました I was slacking off. | サボっていました sabotteimashita |