強まる (tsuyomaru) conjugation
to get strong, to gain strength
強まる (つよまる, tsuyomaru) 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 | 強まる tsuyomaru | 強まります tsuyomarimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 強まらない tsuyomaranai | 強まりません tsuyomarimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 強まった tsuyomatta | 強まりました tsuyomarimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 強まらなかった tsuyomaranakatta | 強まりませんでした tsuyomarimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 強まって tsuyomatte | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 強まっている tsuyomatteiru | 強まっています tsuyomatteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 強まりたい tsuyomaritai | 強まりたいです tsuyomaritaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 強まろう tsuyomarou | 強まりましょう tsuyomarimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 強まれる tsuyomareru | 強まれます tsuyomaremasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 強まられる tsuyomarareru | 強まられます tsuyomararemasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 強まらせる tsuyomaraseru | 強まらせます tsuyomarasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 強まらされる tsuyomarasareru | 強まらされます tsuyomarasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 強まれ tsuyomare | 強まってください tsuyomattekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 強まるな tsuyomaruna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 強まれば tsuyomareba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 強まったら tsuyomattara | — | “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.