Conjugation

しみる

shimiru

sting

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 突き止める, やっつける, 隠れる

Newbie

The polite forms to talk about now, the future, and the past, and the te-form of requests.

  1. Polite present · -masu

    What you do, usually or soon, said politely. Japanese has one form for the present and the future.

    1. affirmativeしみますshimimasu
    2. negativeしみませんshimimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

    What you did, or did not do, said politely.

    1. affirmativeしみましたshimimashita
    2. negativeしみませんでしたshimimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

    Links actions (and then…), and with ください asks politely.

    1. しみてshimite
    2. requestしみてくださいshimite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. しみましょうshimimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

    What you want to do. Add です to be polite.

    1. affirmativeしみたいshimitai
    2. negativeしみたくないshimitakunai
BeginnerThe plain forms of everyday speech, what is going on, what you can do, conditions, and the passive.Plain present · dictionary form · Plain past · -ta · Ongoing · -te iru · Potential · If, when · -tara · PassiveAlso show the Beginner forms (6)

  1. Plain present · dictionary form

    Between friends and family, and before a noun or many phrases. It also says the future.

    1. affirmativeしみるshimiru
    2. negativeしみないshiminai

  2. Plain past · -ta

    The past between friends and family, and before a noun.

    1. affirmativeしみたshimita
    2. negativeしみなかったshiminakatta

  3. Ongoing · -te iru

    What is going on now, a habit, or a state that lasts: 結婚している, to be married.

    1. plainしみているshimite iru
    2. politeしみていますshimite imasu

  4. Potential

    What you can do. Its object often takes が: 日本語が話せる.

    1. plainしみられるshimirareru
    2. politeしみられますshimiraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

    If or once something happens, and what you found when it did.

    1. しみたらshimitara

  6. Passive

    What is done to someone, often to their regret: に marks who does it. It is also a respectful way to speak of others.

    1. plainしみられるshimirareru
    2. politeしみられますshimiraremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passiveAlso show the Intermediate forms (5)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

    Let’s, between friends; with と思う, what you intend to do.

    1. しみようshimiyō

  2. Command

    A blunt order or ban (〜な), heard in sports, on signs, and between men. Politely, say 〜てください.

    1. orderしみろshimiro
    2. banしみるなshimiru na

  3. Condition · -ba

    If…: the condition for what follows. In the negative, it also says what you must do: 〜なければならない.

    1. affirmativeしみればshimireba
    2. negativeしみなければshiminakereba

  4. Causative

    Making or letting someone do something: に or を marks who does it.

    1. plainしみさせるshimisaseru
    2. politeしみさせますshimisasemasu

  5. Causative passive

    Being made to do something you did not want to. In speech, godan verbs often shorten -aserareru to -asareru.

    1. plainしみさせられるshimisaserareru
    2. politeしみさせられますshimisaseraremasu