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Japanese verb寝る (neru) Conjugation
寝る (neru) means “to sleep, to go to bed”. It is a る-verb (ichidan) verb. It is a る-verb (ichidan): drop the る and add the ending, so 寝ます, 寝ない, 寝て. Below is its conjugation in all 14 forms, plain and polite, the same forms the Japanese verb conjugation worksheets print in their answer keys.
- Meaning
- to sleep, to go to bed
- Type
- る-verb (ichidan)
- Dictionary form
- 寝る
- Reading
- ねる
- Romaji
- neru
- Masu form
- 寝ます
- Nai form
- 寝ない
- Te-form
- 寝て
- Ta form
- 寝た
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 寝る |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 寝ない |
| Polite | 寝ます |
| Polite negative | 寝ません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 寝た |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 寝なかった |
| Polite | 寝ました |
| Polite negative | 寝ませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 寝て |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 寝ないで |
Progressive (-te iru)ている
| Plain | 寝ている |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 寝ていない |
| Polite | 寝ています |
| Polite negative | 寝ていません |
Wanting, inviting, telling
Want to (-tai)たい形
| Plain | 寝たい |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 寝たくない |
| Polite | 寝たいです |
| Polite negative | 寝たくないです |
Volitional意向形
| Plain | 寝よう |
|---|---|
| Polite | 寝ましょう |
Imperative and requests命令形
| Plain command | 寝ろ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative (don't) | 寝るな |
| Polite request (-te kudasai) | 寝てください |
| Polite negative (-naide kudasai) | 寝ないでください |
Can and if
Potential可能形
| Plain | 寝られる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 寝られない |
| Polite | 寝られます |
| Polite negative | 寝られません |
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 寝れば |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 寝なければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 寝たら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 寝なかったら |
Passive and causative
Passive受身形
| Plain | 寝られる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 寝られない |
| Polite | 寝られます |
| Polite negative | 寝られません |
Causative使役形
| Plain | 寝させる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 寝させない |
| Polite | 寝させます |
| Polite negative | 寝させません |
Causative passive使役受身形
| Plain | 寝させられる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 寝させられない |
| Polite | 寝させられます |
| Polite negative | 寝させられません |
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 使う (tsukau)to use
- 作る (tsukuru)to make
- 帰る (kaeru)to go home, to return
- 入る (hairu)to enter
- 出る (deru)to leave, to go out
- 起きる (okiru)to get up, to wake up
- 住む (sumu)to live (somewhere)
- 働く (hataraku)to work
- 休む (yasumu)to rest, to take a day off
- 遊ぶ (asobu)to play, to have fun
- 泳ぐ (oyogu)to swim
- 歩く (aruku)to walk
About these tables
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