Japanese reference

つながる

to be connected

Regular · 18 form tables

Rows describe verb forms and levels of politeness. Honorific and humble forms are labeled separately. Strong commands appear under additional forms.

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Basic

Non past

つながる: Non past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Dictionary formつながる (tsunagaru)something is connected
Polite, masuつながります (tsunagarimasu)something is connected

Negative

つながる: Negative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Negative, naiつながらない (tsunagaranai)something is not connected
Polite negativeつながりません (tsunagarimasen)something is not connected

Past

つながる: Past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Past, taつながった (tsunagatta)something was connected
Polite pastつながりました (tsunagarimashita)something was connected

Past negative

つながる: Past negative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Past negativeつながらなかった (tsunagaranakatta)something was not connected
Polite past negativeつながりませんでした (tsunagarimasendeshita)something was not connected

Linking

Te form

つながる: Te form
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Te-formつながって (tsunagatte)being connected (and then)
Polite te-formつながりまして (tsunagarimashite)being connected (and then)

Te iru

つながる: Te iru
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Te-iru: ongoing action / resulting stateつながっている (tsunagatteiru)something is connected
Polite te-iruつながっています (tsunagatteimasu)something is connected

Conditional, ba

つながる: Conditional, ba
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Conditional, baつながれば (tsunagareba)if something is connected
Rare literary polite conditionalつながりますれば (tsunagarimasureba)if something is connected (rare and literary). In ordinary polite conversation, use the plain conditional and make the main clause polite

Conditional, tara

つながる: Conditional, tara
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Conditional, taraつながったら (tsunagattara)if something is connected
Polite conditional, taraつながりましたら (tsunagarimashitara)if something is connected

Voice

Causative

つながる: Causative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Causativeつながらせる (tsunagaraseru)cause something to be connected
Polite causativeつながらせます (tsunagarasemasu)cause something to be connected

Polite

Polite non past

つながる: Polite non past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Polite non-past formつながります (tsunagarimasu)something is connected

Polite negative

つながる: Polite negative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Polite negative formつながりません (tsunagarimasen)something is not connected

Polite past

つながる: Polite past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Polite past formつながりました (tsunagarimashita)something was connected

Polite past negative

つながる: Polite past negative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Polite past negative formつながりませんでした (tsunagarimasendeshita)something was not connected

Aspect

Completion or regret

つながる: Completion or regret
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Completion or regretつながってしまう (tsunagatteshimau)something is connected completely or regrettably
Polite completion or regretつながってしまいます (tsunagatteshimaimasu)something is connected completely or regrettably

Past experience

つながる: Past experience
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Past experienceつながったことがある (tsunagattakotogaaru)have the experience of: something was connected
Polite past experienceつながったことがあります (tsunagattakotogaarimasu)have the experience of: something was connected

Conditions

Automatic result, to

つながる: Automatic result, to
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Automatic result, toつながると (tsunagaruto)whenever you something is connected
Polite automatic resultつながりますと (tsunagarimasuto)whenever you something is connected

Given that, nara

つながる: Given that, nara
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Given that, naraつながるなら (tsunagarunara)if you mean to something is connected

Probability

つながる: Probability
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Probabilityつながるだろう (tsunagarudarou)probably something is connected
Polite probabilityつながるでしょう (tsunagarudeshou)probably something is connected

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