罵る (nonoshiru) conjugation
to speak ill of, to abuse
罵る (ののしる, nonoshiru) 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 | 罵る nonoshiru | 罵ります nonoshirimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 罵らない nonoshiranai | 罵りません nonoshirimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 罵った nonoshitta | 罵りました nonoshirimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 罵らなかった nonoshiranakatta | 罵りませんでした nonoshirimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 罵って nonoshitte | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 罵っている nonoshitteiru | 罵っています nonoshitteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 罵りたい nonoshiritai | 罵りたいです nonoshiritaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 罵ろう nonoshirou | 罵りましょう nonoshirimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 罵れる nonoshireru | 罵れます nonoshiremasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 罵られる nonoshirareru | 罵られます nonoshiraremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 罵らせる nonoshiraseru | 罵らせます nonoshirasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 罵らされる nonoshirasareru | 罵らされます nonoshirasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 罵れ nonoshire | 罵ってください nonoshittekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 罵るな nonoshiruna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 罵れば nonoshireba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 罵ったら nonoshittara | — | “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.