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ほっ

ho

JLPT N2 verb 連用形

is the masu-stem of ほる — to throw, to fling, to hurl, to toss.

  • to neglect, to abandon, to leave alone, to give up on, to leave undone, to leave unfinished
  • to expel (from the body), to excrete, to defecate, to give birth
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How it’s built

ほる ほっ

Masu-stem (). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.

This spelling is the version with a small っ (sound change before て/た): 待っ → 待って.

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

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In real sentences

I ate popcorn at the movie theater.

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Because he's always skipping practice, he probably can't play in the game.

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I heard that bears appear around here, so please always store food in the cooler.

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Other forms and spellings

ほろほろうほろっほろふほらほるほりほッホルぼりゃぼろぼろうぼろっぼろふぼるボル
masu-stem of ほる