並ぶ
ならぶ · narabu
To line up, to stand in a line
- to rival, to match, to equal
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 並びますならびます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 並びませんならびません |
| Polite past (ました) | 並びましたならびました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 並びませんでしたならびませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 並びましょうならびましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 並びならび |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 並びたいならびたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 並びながらならびながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 並んでならんで |
| Plain past (た形) | 並んだならんだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 並んだらならんだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 並んでいるならんでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 並ばないならばない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 並ばなかったならばなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 並ばなくてならばなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 並べるならべる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 並べばならべば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 並べならべ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 並ぼうならぼう |
| Passive (受身形) | 並ばれるならばれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 並ばせるならばせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 並ばされるならばされる |
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What does 並ぶ mean?
To line up, to stand in a line. It can also mean: to rival, to match, to equal.
How do you pronounce 並ぶ?
ならぶ (narabu). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 並ぶ?
JLPT N5 — beginner. See the JLPT N5 guide.
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