直る (naoru) conjugation
to be fixed
直る (なおる, naoru) 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 | 直る naoru | 直ります naorimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 直らない naoranai | 直りません naorimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 直った naotta | 直りました naorimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 直らなかった naoranakatta | 直りませんでした naorimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 直って naotte | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 直っている naotteiru | 直っています naotteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 直りたい naoritai | 直りたいです naoritaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 直ろう naorou | 直りましょう naorimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 直れる naoreru | 直れます naoremasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 直られる naorareru | 直られます naoraremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 直らせる naoraseru | 直らせます naorasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 直らされる naorasareru | 直らされます naorasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 直れ naore | 直ってください naottekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 直るな naoruna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 直れば naoreba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 直ったら naottara | — | “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.