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突っ張る (tsupparu) conjugation

JLPT N1 Godan verb (Group 1 / u-verb)intransitive

to support, to become stiff; to thrust (ones opponent), to stick to (ones opinion), to insist on

突っ張る (つっぱる, tsupparu) 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

FormPlain (casual)Polite (~ます)When you use it
Dictionary / plain
tsupparu

tsupparimasu
The form you look up. Also the casual present and future.
Plain negative
tsupparanai

tsupparimasen
“doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective.
Plain past
tsuppatta

tsupparimashita
The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ.
Plain past negative
tsupparanakatta

tsupparimasendeshita
“didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped.
Te-form
tsuppatte
The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている.
Progressive (~ている)
tsuppatteiru

tsuppatteimasu
“is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state.
Desire (~たい)
tsupparitai

tsupparitaidesu
“want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective.
Volitional
tsupparou

tsupparimashou
“let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”.
Potential
tsuppareru

tsupparemasu
“can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が.
Passive
tsupparareru

tsuppararemasu
“is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive.
Causative
tsupparaseru

tsupparasemasu
Make or let someone do it.
Causative-passive
tsupparasareru

tsupparasaremasu
Be made to do it — the long one.
Imperative
tsuppare

tsuppattekudasai
Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life.
Prohibitive
tsupparuna
“don’t!” — dictionary form + な.
Conditional (~ば)
tsuppareba
“if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals.
Conditional (~たら)
tsuppattara
“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.

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