Katsuyo

Godan verb (る)

しゃぶる

shaburu

to suck · N2

しゃぶる (shaburu) — to suck — is a godan verb ending in る: しゃぶって (te-form), しゃぶった (past), しゃぶらない (negative), しゃぶります (polite).

It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to lick.

How しゃぶる 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.

らしゃぶらないnegative
りしゃぶりますpolite present
るしゃぶるdictionary form
れしゃぶれるpotentialしゃぶればif
ろしゃぶろうvolitional
The て and た forms · る → って, った っしゃぶってte-formしゃぶった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.

N1 N tags give the JLPT level at which the game starts quizzing a form.

Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.

PLAIN

FormConjugationAudio
present しゃぶる shaburu
past I sucked on it. しゃぶった shabutta
negative I don't suck on it. しゃぶらない shaburanai
te-form I suck on it and … しゃぶって shabutte
past negative しゃぶらなかった shaburanakatta
volitional しゃぶろう shaburou
potential I can suck on it. しゃぶれる shabureru
cond. ば If I suck on it, ... しゃぶれば shabureba
cond. たら When I suck on it, ... しゃぶったら shabuttara
passive It gets sucked on. しゃぶられる shaburareru
causative I let someone suck on it. しゃぶらせる shaburaseru
imperative N1 Suck on it! しゃぶれ shabure

POLITE

FormConjugationAudio
present しゃぶります shaburimasu
past I sucked on it. しゃぶりました shaburimashita
negative I don't suck on it. しゃぶりません shaburimasen
past negative しゃぶりませんでした shaburimasendeshita
volitional しゃぶりましょう shaburimashou

ASPECT

FormConjugationAudio
ている I'm sucking on it. しゃぶっている shabutteiru
ていた I was sucking on it. しゃぶっていた shabutteita
ています I'm sucking on it. しゃぶっています shabutteimasu
ていました I was sucking on it. しゃぶっていました shabutteimashita