走る expresses running. The examples use polite everyday Japanese.

The idea

走る is a godan verb. 走ります is polite non-past, 走りません negative, 走りました past and 走って the て-form. を can mark the route traversed; まで marks the endpoint. In these uses the verb is intransitive.

Patterns to compare
Dictionary formPolite non-pastPolite negativePolite pastて-formPlain negative
走はしる走はしります走はしりません走はしりました走はしって走はしらない

Examples

  • 毎朝まいあさ、公園こうえんを走はしります。I run through the park every morning.
  • 学校がっこうまで走はしります。I run to school.
  • 昨日きのう、友ともだちと走はしりました。Yesterday I ran with a friend.
  • 雨あめの日ひは走はしりません。I do not run on rainy days.
  • 危あぶないですから、ここでは走はしらないでください。It is dangerous, so please do not run here.
  • 走はしって駅えきへ行いきます。I run to the station.

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Watch out

走る is godan despite ending in る: its て-form is 走って. 歩く means walk, not run.

Try it yourself

  1. Choose the particle in brackets. 公園こうえん_走はしります。(を/に)

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    を

    を is correct. を can mark the route traversed; まで marks the endpoint.

  2. Complete the ending to make the verb’s て-form. 走はし_駅えきへ行いきます。(走はしる→て)

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    って

    って completes 走って. 走って is the て-form of 走る; it joins actions or precedes ください in a request.

  3. Complete the ending to make the polite past. 昨日きのう、友ともだちと走はし_。(走はしる→ました)

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    りました

    りました completes 走りました. 走りました is the polite past of 走る; 昨日 places the event yesterday.

Use it today

Adapt an example with 走る to your own life, then put it into the polite past. Check the particle and verb form.