連なる (tsuranaru) conjugation
to extend, to stretch out, to stand in a row
連なる (つらなる, tsuranaru) 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 | 連なる tsuranaru | 連なります tsuranarimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 連ならない tsuranaranai | 連なりません tsuranarimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 連なった tsuranatta | 連なりました tsuranarimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 連ならなかった tsuranaranakatta | 連なりませんでした tsuranarimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 連なって tsuranatte | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 連なっている tsuranatteiru | 連なっています tsuranatteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 連なりたい tsuranaritai | 連なりたいです tsuranaritaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 連なろう tsuranarou | 連なりましょう tsuranarimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 連なれる tsuranareru | 連なれます tsuranaremasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 連なられる tsuranarareru | 連なられます tsuranararemasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 連ならせる tsuranaraseru | 連ならせます tsuranarasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 連ならされる tsuranarasareru | 連ならされます tsuranarasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 連なれ tsuranare | 連なってください tsuranattekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 連なるな tsuranaruna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 連なれば tsuranareba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 連なったら tsuranattara | — | “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.