渡る (wataru) conjugation
to cross over, to go across
渡る (わたる, wataru) 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 | 渡る wataru | 渡ります watarimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 渡らない wataranai | 渡りません watarimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 渡った watatta | 渡りました watarimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 渡らなかった wataranakatta | 渡りませんでした watarimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 渡って watatte | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 渡っている watatteiru | 渡っています watatteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 渡りたい wataritai | 渡りたいです wataritaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 渡ろう watarou | 渡りましょう watarimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 渡れる watareru | 渡れます wataremasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 渡られる watarareru | 渡られます watararemasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 渡らせる wataraseru | 渡らせます watarasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 渡らされる watarasareru | 渡らされます watarasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 渡れ watare | 渡ってください watattekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 渡るな wataruna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 渡れば watareba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 渡ったら watattara | — | “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.