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.

N5 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

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	しゃぶる shaburu
past N5 I sucked on it.	しゃぶった shabutta
negative N5 I don't suck on it.	しゃぶらない shaburanai
te-form N5 I suck on it and …	しゃぶって shabutte
past negative N4	しゃぶらなかった shaburanakatta
volitional N4	しゃぶろう shaburou
potential N3 I can suck on it.	しゃぶれる shabureru
cond. ば N3 If I suck on it, ...	しゃぶれば shabureba
cond. たら N3 When I suck on it, ...	しゃぶったら shabuttara
passive N2 It gets sucked on.	しゃぶられる shaburareru
causative N2 I let someone suck on it.	しゃぶらせる shaburaseru
imperative N1 Suck on it!	しゃぶれ shabure

POLITE

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	しゃぶります shaburimasu
past N5 I sucked on it.	しゃぶりました shaburimashita
negative N5 I don't suck on it.	しゃぶりません shaburimasen
past negative N4	しゃぶりませんでした shaburimasendeshita
volitional N4	しゃぶりましょう shaburimashou

ASPECT

Form	Conjugation	Audio
ている N4 I'm sucking on it.	しゃぶっている shabutteiru
ていた N4 I was sucking on it.	しゃぶっていた shabutteita
ています N4 I'm sucking on it.	しゃぶっています shabutteimasu
ていました N4 I was sucking on it.	しゃぶっていました shabutteimashita