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留まる

to keep

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Conjugation of 留まる

This verb follows the godan conjugation pattern.
私/俺
Present informal tense
留まる
todomaru
I keep
Present informal negative tense
留まらない
todomaranai
I don't keep
Present formal tense
留まります
todomarimasu
I keep
Present formal negative tense
留まりません
todomarimasen
I do not keep
私/俺
Past informal tense
留まった
todomatta
I kept
Past informal negative tense
留まらなかった
todomaranakatta
I didn't keep
Past formal tense
留まりました
todomarimashita
I keep
Past formal negative tense
留まりませんでした
todomarimasen deshita
I did not keep
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
留まれ
todomare
keep
Imperative negative mood
留まるな
todomaru na
don't keep
Imperative formal mood
留まってください
todomatte kudasai
please keep
Imperative formal negative mood
留まらないでください
todomaranai dekudasai
please do not keep
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
留まって
todomatte
keep
Passive stem
留まられる
todomarareru
kept
Hypothetical tense
留まれ
todomare
if I kept
Hypothetical conditional stem
留まれば
todomareba
kept
私/俺
Volitional stem
留まろう
todomarō
will keep
Potential stem
留まれる
todomareru
kept
Continuative stem
留まり
todomari
keeping
Causative stem
留まらせる
todomaraseru
allow to keep
私/俺
Imperfective stem
留まら
todomara
keep

Examples of 留まる

- 留まる - 留まる

We need to move, Reese. Now.

君は　留まった

You stayed.

だから、留まった

What happened? I was an idiot.

彼女が 留まって くれるとでも？

That she'd actually want to stay with me?

留まって。 そうすれば、あなたの存在を世に知らしめられるわ。

Stay, and you can be remembered, known the world over.

-　留まれ！

- You stay there.

留まれば 全員が死ぬんだぞ

If we stay, we could all die.

留まれば 危険が増す

You stay, you risk everything.

そして 俺は助けるために とどまった が お前は初っ端から 俺を殴り飛ばした

And I stayed to help, but I take you punching me as the first clue...

そして 俺は助けるために とどまった

That was before she turned.

滝が見える ビジョンに とどまって

There's a waterfall.

お前も とどまれば 気が ふれてしまう

If you stay here, you will go balmy.