Conjugation

怠ける

なまけるnamakeru

slack off

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 入れ替える, 仕上げる, 怯える

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怠けますなまけますnamakemasu
    2. negative怠けませんなまけませんnamakemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative怠けましたなまけましたnamakemashita
    2. negative怠けませんでしたなまけませんでしたnamakemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 怠けてなまけてnamakete
    2. request怠けてくださいなまけてくださいnamakete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 怠けましょうなまけましょうnamakemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative怠けたいなまけたいnamaketai
    2. negative怠けたくないなまけたくないnamaketakunai
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怠けるなまけるnamakeru
    2. negative怠けないなまけないnamakenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative怠けたなまけたnamaketa
    2. negative怠けなかったなまけなかったnamakenakatta

  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怠けているなまけているnamakete iru
    2. polite怠けていますなまけていますnamakete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain怠けられるなまけられるnamakerareru
    2. polite怠けられますなまけられますnamakeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 怠けたらなまけたらnamaketara

  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怠けられるなまけられるnamakerareru
    2. polite怠けられますなまけられますnamakeraremasu
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. 怠けようなまけようnamakeyō

  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怠けろなまけろnamakero
    2. ban怠けるななまけるなnamakeru 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怠ければなまければnamakereba
    2. negative怠けなければなまけなければnamakenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain怠けさせるなまけさせるnamakesaseru
    2. polite怠けさせますなまけさせますnamakesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain怠けさせられるなまけさせられるnamakesaserareru
    2. polite怠けさせられますなまけさせられますnamakesaseraremasu