論じる (ronjiru) conjugation
to argue, to discuss
論じる (ろんじる, ronjiru) is an ichidan verb. Ichidan verbs are the tidy ones: drop the final る and add the ending. Nothing inside the word ever changes. 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 | 論じる ronjiru | 論じます ronjimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 論じない ronjinai | 論じません ronjimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 論じた ronjita | 論じました ronjimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 論じなかった ronjinakatta | 論じませんでした ronjimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 論じて ronjite | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 論じている ronjiteiru | 論じています ronjiteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 論じたい ronjitai | 論じたいです ronjitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 論じよう ronjiyou | 論じましょう ronjimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 論じられる ronjirareru | 論じられます ronjiraremasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 論じられる ronjirareru | 論じられます ronjiraremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 論じさせる ronjisaseru | 論じさせます ronjisasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 論じさせられる ronjisaserareru | 論じさせられます ronjisaseraremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 論じろ ronjiro | 論じてください ronjitekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 論じるな ronjiruna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 論じれば ronjireba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 論じたら ronjitara | — | “if / when ~”. The everyday conditional. |
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Why it conjugates this way
Ichidan verbs are the tidy ones: drop the final る and add the ending. Nothing inside the word ever changes.
See the full rules on the verb conjugation guide.