運ぶ
はこぶ
to transport, to carry
Hakobu (運ぶ) is a godan verb meaning "to transport, to carry". Its polite form is 運びます (hakobimasu), its te form is 運んで (hakonde), its past form is 運んだ (hakonda), and its negative form is 運ばない (hakobanai).
Godan verbJLPT N4
Hakobu (運ぶ) conjugation quick reference
運ぶ means "to transport, to carry". Its main forms are listed below, with links to the grammar pattern behind each form.
Hakobu example sentences
このかばんを運びます。
I will carry this bag.
昨日、いすを運びました。
I carried the chair yesterday.
重いので、箱を運びません。
Because it’s heavy, I won’t carry the box.
How to use Hakobu: grammar notes
•Use を to mark the thing being carried: 荷物を運びます (I will carry the luggage).
•Use に or へ to show the destination: 学校に机を運びました (I carried the desk to school).
•Don’t confuse 運ぶ with 持つ — 持つ means “to hold,” while 運ぶ means “to move/carry something from one place to another.”
•JLPT N4 level
Common phrases with Hakobu
荷物を運ぶ（にもつをはこぶ）
to carry luggage
台所まで運んでください（だいどころまではこんでください）
Please carry it to the kitchen
手で運ぶ（てではこぶ）
to carry by hand
Hakobu (運ぶ) conjugation table
| Form | Japanese | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Forms | ||
| Dictionary Form | 運ぶ | hakobu |
| Masu Form | 運びます | hakobimasu |
| Te Form | 運んで | hakonde |
| Past Form | 運んだ | hakonda |
| Negative Form | 運ばない | hakobanai |
| Past Negative | 運ばなかった | hakobanakatta |
| Polite Forms | ||
| Polite Present | 運びます | hakobimasu |
| Polite Past | 運びました | hakobimashita |
| Polite Negative | 運びません | hakobimasen |
| Polite Past Negative | 運びませんでした | hakobimasendeshita |
| Advanced Forms | ||
| Potential Form | 運べる | hakoberu |
| Passive Form | 運ばれる | hakobareru |
| Causative Form | 運ばせる | hakobaseru |
| Causative Passive | 運ばされる | hakobasareru |
| Volitional Form | 運ぼう | hakobou |
| Imperative Form | 運べ | hakobe |
| Conditional Forms | ||
| Conditional (ば) | 運べば | hakobeba |
| Conditional (たら) | 運んだら | hakondara |
| Other Forms | ||
| Progressive Form | 運んでいる | hakondeiru |
| Desire (たい) | 運びたい | hakobitai |
| Prohibition | 運ぶな | hakobuna |