並ぶ (narabu) conjugation
to line up, to stand in a line (v.i.)
並ぶ (ならぶ, narabu) 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 | 並ぶ narabu | 並びます narabimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 並ばない narabanai | 並びません narabimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 並んだ naranda | 並びました narabimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 並ばなかった narabanakatta | 並びませんでした narabimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 並んで narande | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 並んでいる narandeiru | 並んでいます narandeimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 並びたい narabitai | 並びたいです narabitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 並ぼう narabou | 並びましょう narabimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 並べる naraberu | 並べます narabemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 並ばれる narabareru | 並ばれます narabaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 並ばせる narabaseru | 並ばせます narabasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 並ばされる narabasareru | 並ばされます narabasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 並べ narabe | 並んでください narandekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 並ぶな narabuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 並べば narabeba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 並んだら narandara | — | “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.