Nihoner

それ

sore

JLPT N2 verb 仮定形

is the conditional stem of そる — to warp, to curve, to arch, to bend.

  • to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
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How it’s built

そる それ

Conditional stem (). Add ば to say “if”: 書け → 書けば (if you write).

そる is a godan verb (u-verb), so it follows that pattern.

Name that form

Three more forms of . Can you tell what each one is?

Every form of

Polite そります
Polite negative そりません
Polite past そりました
Polite past negative そりませんでした
Let us ~ そりましょう
Masu-stem そり
Want to ~ そりたい
While ~ing そりながら
Te-form そって
Plain past そった
Tara-conditional そったら
Progressive そっている
Plain negative そらない
Plain past negative そらなかった
Negative te-form そらなくて
Potential それる
Ba-conditional それば
Imperative ← this oneそれ
Volitional そろう
Passive そられる
Causative そらせる
Causative-passive そらされる

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In real sentences

There are leftovers from last night in the fridge, so let's make do with that for breakfast.

Nihoner sentence bank

The story wandered.

Tatoeba #77200 (CC BY 2.0 FR)

Can you do that?

Tatoeba #2080528 (CC BY 2.0 FR)

Other forms and spellings

ソルそんそるそりそっそッそりゃそらゾル
conditional stem of そる