述べる
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Etymology [edit]
Originally the potential conjugation of root verb 延ぶ (nobu, “to spread something”), used to mean "to make something widely known".
Verb [edit]
述べる (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana のべる, romaji noberu)
Usage notes [edit]
A common construction for using this verb would be:
Conjugation [edit]
Conjugation of "述べる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | Imperfective (未然形) | 述べ | のべ | nobe |
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| Continuative (連用形) | 述べ | のべ | nobe | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 述べる | のべる | noberu | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 述べる | のべる | noberu | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 述べれ | のべれ | nobere | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 述べよ¹ 述べろ² |
のべよ¹ のべろ² |
nobeyo¹ nobero² |
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| Key constructions | Passive | 述べられる | のべられる | noberareru |
| Causative | 述べさせる 述べさす |
のべさせる のべさす |
nobesaseru nobesasu |
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| Potential | 述べられる 述べれる³ |
のべられる のべれる³ |
noberareru nobereru³ |
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| Volitional | 述べよう | のべよう | nobeyō | |
| Negative | 述べない 述べぬ 述べん |
のべない のべぬ のべん |
nobenai nobenu noben |
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| Negative continuative | 述べず | のべず | nobezu | |
| Formal | 述べます | のべます | nobemasu | |
| Perfective | 述べた | のべた | nobeta | |
| Conjunctive | 述べて | のべて | nobete | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 述べれば | のべれば | nobereba | |
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¹ Written imperative |
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Synonyms [edit]
- 言う (いう, iu): to say
- 語る (かたる, kataru): to tell a story or tale
- 説く (とく, toku): to explain
- 告げる (つげる, tsugeru): to pass along something
