走る (hashiru) conjugation
to run
走る (はしる, hashiru) is a godan verb. Godan verbs change their final kana up and down its column of the kana chart — the a-row for negatives, the i-row before ます, the e-row for potential and ば. Every form below is tappable — hear it, then say it back.
Conjugation table
| Form | Plain (casual) | Polite (~ます) | When you use it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dictionary / plain | 走る hashiru | 走ります hashirimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 走らない hashiranai | 走りません hashirimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 走った hashitta | 走りました hashirimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 走らなかった hashiranakatta | 走りませんでした hashirimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 走って hashitte | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 走っている hashitteiru | 走っています hashitteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 走りたい hashiritai | 走りたいです hashiritaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 走ろう hashirou | 走りましょう hashirimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 走れる hashireru | 走れます hashiremasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 走られる hashirareru | 走られます hashiraremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 走らせる hashiraseru | 走らせます hashirasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 走らされる hashirasareru | 走らされます hashirasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 走れ hashire | 走ってください hashittekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 走るな hashiruna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 走れば hashireba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 走ったら hashittara | — | “if / when ~”. The everyday conditional. |
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Why it conjugates this way
Godan verbs change their final kana up and down its column of the kana chart — the a-row for negatives, the i-row before ます, the e-row for potential and ば.
See the full rules on the verb conjugation guide.