悟る (satoru) conjugation
to attain enlightenment, to understand
悟る (さとる, satoru) 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 | 悟る satoru | 悟ります satorimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 悟らない satoranai | 悟りません satorimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 悟った satotta | 悟りました satorimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 悟らなかった satoranakatta | 悟りませんでした satorimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 悟って satotte | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 悟っている satotteiru | 悟っています satotteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 悟りたい satoritai | 悟りたいです satoritaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 悟ろう satorou | 悟りましょう satorimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 悟れる satoreru | 悟れます satoremasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 悟られる satorareru | 悟られます satoraremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 悟らせる satoraseru | 悟らせます satorasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 悟らされる satorasareru | 悟らされます satorasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 悟れ satore | 悟ってください satottekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 悟るな satoruna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 悟れば satoreba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 悟ったら satottara | — | “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.