Japanese 降りる: getting off or descending

The idea

降おりる is a ichidan verb. Its polite non-past is 降おります, polite negative 降おりません, polite past 降おりました, and て form 降おりて. The non-past can express a habit or a future event, depending on context. を marks the vehicle left or the stairs descended; で marks the place of getting off. With 乗のる, use に for the vehicle instead.

Examples

• 駅えきで電車でんしゃを降おります。I get off the train at the station.
• ここでバスを降おりてください。Please get off the bus here.
• 昨日きのう、山やまを降おりました。Yesterday I came down the mountain.
• 次つぎの駅えきでは降おりません。I will not get off at the next station.
• 階段かいだんを降おりて、右みぎに曲まがります。Go down the stairs and turn right.
• 私わたしは二階にかいから降おりました。I came down from the floor above ground level.

Watch out

Do not add て directly to the dictionary form 降おりる; the correct て form is 降おりて.

Try it yourself

1. ＿。（降おりる→ます）

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   降ります

   降おります is the polite non-past of 降おりる; context determines whether it describes a habit or the future.

2. ＿。（降おりる→て）

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   降りて

   降おりて is the て form of 降おりる; it can link one action to a following clause.

3. 電車でんしゃ＿降おります。（を／に）

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   を

   を is correct here. を marks the vehicle left or the stairs descended; で marks the place of getting off. With 乗のる, use に for the vehicle instead.

Use it today

Make two sentences with 降おりる, one in the polite past and one negative. Check the forms and particles against the table and examples.