JLPT N5 vocabulary
居る: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
いる0Heiban · flat
Ichidan verb (ru-verb)
Meaning
- to be (of animate things), to exist
- to stay
- to be ...-ing, to have been ...-ing (after a verb's -te form, indicating continuing action or state)
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 居る | 居 |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 居 | 居 |
| Polite presentます形 | 居 | 居 |
| Polite pastました形 | 居 | 居 |
| Te-formて形 | 居 | 居 |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 居 | 居 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 居 | 居 |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 居 | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 居 | 居 |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 居 | 居る |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 居 | 居 |
| Passive受身形 | 居 | 居 |
| Make / let使役形 | 居 | 居 |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 居 | 居 |
Example sentences
公園に犬の親子がいる。
There is a dog and its pup in the park.
私の部屋に可愛い猫がいます。
There is a cute cat in my room.
日本の北の方ではりすがいるとか。
I heard there are squirrels in the northern part of Japan.