Conjugation

寝る

ねるneru

sleep

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 育てる, 壊れる, 助ける

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寝ますねますnemasu
    2. negative寝ませんねませんnemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative寝ましたねましたnemashita
    2. negative寝ませんでしたねませんでしたnemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 寝てねてnete
    2. request寝てくださいねてくださいnete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 寝ましょうねましょうnemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative寝たいねたいnetai
    2. negative寝たくないねたくないnetakunai
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寝るねるneru
    2. negative寝ないねないnenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative寝たねたneta
    2. negative寝なかったねなかったnenakatta

  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寝ているねているnete iru
    2. polite寝ていますねていますnete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain寝られるねられるnerareru
    2. polite寝られますねられますneraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 寝たらねたらnetara

  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寝られるねられるnerareru
    2. polite寝られますねられますneraremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passive · Respect and modestyAlso show the Intermediate forms (6)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

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

    1. 寝ようねようneyō

  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寝ろねろnero
    2. ban寝るなねるなneru 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寝ればねればnereba
    2. negative寝なければねなければnenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain寝させるねさせるnesaseru
    2. polite寝させますねさせますnesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain寝させられるねさせられるnesaserareru
    2. polite寝させられますねさせられますnesaseraremasu

  6. Respect and modesty

    The verbs that replace this one: respect for what others do, modesty for what you do yourself.

    1. respectお休みになりますおやすみになりますoyasumi ni narimasu