威張る (ibaru) conjugation
to be proud, to swagger
威張る (いばる, ibaru) 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 | 威張る ibaru | 威張ります ibarimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 威張らない ibaranai | 威張りません ibarimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 威張った ibatta | 威張りました ibarimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 威張らなかった ibaranakatta | 威張りませんでした ibarimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 威張って ibatte | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 威張っている ibatteiru | 威張っています ibatteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 威張りたい ibaritai | 威張りたいです ibaritaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 威張ろう ibarou | 威張りましょう ibarimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 威張れる ibareru | 威張れます ibaremasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 威張られる ibarareru | 威張られます ibararemasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 威張らせる ibaraseru | 威張らせます ibarasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 威張らされる ibarasareru | 威張らされます ibarasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 威張れ ibare | 威張ってください ibattekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 威張るな ibaruna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 威張れば ibareba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 威張ったら ibattara | — | “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.