Study Resource: 〜たり (-tari) form in Japanese
This chart illustrates how to form the 〜たり[tari] form in Japanese, for different types of verbs. Though forming the tari-form from the ta-form is as simple as adding the ending り[ri], forming the ta-form itself is a little tricky (especially for u-verbs). Have a look!
Verb type (+ ending) | Dictionary form | Past tense (ta-form) | Tari-form (just add -ri!) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ru-verbs | 食べる taberu to eat | 食べた tabeta ate | 食べたり tabetari eating… | |
u-verbs | う・つ・る u / tsu / ru | 歌う utau to sing | 歌った utatta sang | 歌ったり utattari singing… |
立つ tatsu to stand | 立った tatta stood | 立ったり tattari standing… | ||
作る tsukuru to make | 作った tsukutta made | 作ったり tsukuttari making… | ||
む・ぶ・ぬ mu / bu / nu | 読む yomu to read | 読んだ yonda read | 読んだり yondari reading… | |
遊ぶ asobu to play | 遊んだ asonda played | 遊んだり asondari playing… | ||
死ぬ shinu to die | 死んだ shinda died | 死んだり shindari dying… | ||
す su | 話す hanasu to speak | 話した hanashita spoke | 話したり hanashitari speaking… | |
く ku | 書く kaku to write | 書いた kaita wrote | 書いたり kaitari writing… | |
行く iku to go | 行った* itta went | 行ったり* ittari going… | ||
ぐ gu | 泳ぐ oyogu to swim | 泳いだ oyoida swam | 泳いだり oyoidari swimming… | |
Irregular Verbs | する suru to do | した shita did | したり shitari doing… | |
来る kuru to come | 来た kita came | 来たり kitari coming… | ||
