Conjugation

信じる

しんじるshinjiru

believe

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 閉じる, 浴びる, 掲げる

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信じますしんじますshinjimasu
    2. negative信じませんしんじませんshinjimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative信じましたしんじましたshinjimashita
    2. negative信じませんでしたしんじませんでしたshinjimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 信じてしんじてshinjite
    2. request信じてくださいしんじてくださいshinjite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 信じましょうしんじましょうshinjimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative信じたいしんじたいshinjitai
    2. negative信じたくないしんじたくないshinjitakunai
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信じるしんじるshinjiru
    2. negative信じないしんじないshinjinai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative信じたしんじたshinjita
    2. negative信じなかったしんじなかったshinjinakatta

  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信じているしんじているshinjite iru
    2. polite信じていますしんじていますshinjite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain信じられるしんじられるshinjirareru
    2. polite信じられますしんじられますshinjiraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 信じたらしんじたらshinjitara

  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信じられるしんじられるshinjirareru
    2. polite信じられますしんじられますshinjiraremasu
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. 信じようしんじようshinjiyō

  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信じろしんじろshinjiro
    2. ban信じるなしんじるなshinjiru 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信じればしんじればshinjireba
    2. negative信じなければしんじなければshinjinakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain信じさせるしんじさせるshinjisaseru
    2. polite信じさせますしんじさせますshinjisasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain信じさせられるしんじさせられるshinjisaserareru
    2. polite信じさせられますしんじさせられますshinjisaseraremasu