Conjugation

ひねる

hineru

turn

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 見張る, 実る, 遠ざかる

  • Godan, not ichidan

    It ends in -iru or -eru, but it is a godan verb: ひねります, ひねらない.

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ひねりますhinerimasu
    2. negativeひねりませんhinerimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmativeひねりましたhinerimashita
    2. negativeひねりませんでしたhinerimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. ひねってhinette
    2. requestひねってくださいhinette kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. ひねりましょうhinerimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmativeひねりたいhineritai
    2. negativeひねりたくないhineritakunai
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ひねるhineru
    2. negativeひねらないhineranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmativeひねったhinetta
    2. negativeひねらなかったhineranakatta

  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ひねっているhinette iru
    2. politeひねっていますhinette imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plainひねれるhinereru
    2. politeひねれますhineremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. ひねったらhinettara

  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ひねられるhinerareru
    2. politeひねられますhineraremasu
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. ひねろうhinerō

  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ひねれhinere
    2. banひねるなhineru 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ひねればhinereba
    2. negativeひねらなければhineranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plainひねらせるhineraseru
    2. politeひねらせますhinerasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plainひねらせられるhineraserareru
    2. politeひねらせられますhineraseraremasu