Conjugation

染める

そめるsomeru

dye

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 見分ける, 締める, 冷える

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染めますそめますsomemasu
    2. negative染めませんそめませんsomemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative染めましたそめましたsomemashita
    2. negative染めませんでしたそめませんでしたsomemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 染めてそめてsomete
    2. request染めてくださいそめてくださいsomete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 染めましょうそめましょうsomemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative染めたいそめたいsometai
    2. negative染めたくないそめたくないsometakunai
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染めるそめるsomeru
    2. negative染めないそめないsomenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative染めたそめたsometa
    2. negative染めなかったそめなかったsomenakatta

  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染めているそめているsomete iru
    2. polite染めていますそめていますsomete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain染められるそめられるsomerareru
    2. polite染められますそめられますsomeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 染めたらそめたらsometara

  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染められるそめられるsomerareru
    2. polite染められますそめられますsomeraremasu
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. 染めようそめようsomeyō

  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染めろそめろsomero
    2. ban染めるなそめるなsomeru 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染めればそめればsomereba
    2. negative染めなければそめなければsomenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain染めさせるそめさせるsomesaseru
    2. polite染めさせますそめさせますsomesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain染めさせられるそめさせられるsomesaserareru
    2. polite染めさせられますそめさせられますsomesaseraremasu