Conjugation

締める

しめるshimeru

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Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, ひねくれる, 見分ける, 染める

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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締めますしめますshimemasu
    2. negative締めませんしめませんshimemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative締めましたしめましたshimemashita
    2. negative締めませんでしたしめませんでしたshimemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 締めてしめてshimete
    2. request締めてくださいしめてくださいshimete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 締めましょうしめましょうshimemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative締めたいしめたいshimetai
    2. negative締めたくないしめたくないshimetakunai
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締めるしめるshimeru
    2. negative締めないしめないshimenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative締めたしめたshimeta
    2. negative締めなかったしめなかったshimenakatta

  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締めているしめているshimete iru
    2. polite締めていますしめていますshimete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain締められるしめられるshimerareru
    2. polite締められますしめられますshimeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 締めたらしめたらshimetara

  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締められるしめられるshimerareru
    2. polite締められますしめられますshimeraremasu
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. 締めようしめようshimeyō

  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締めろしめろshimero
    2. ban締めるなしめるなshimeru 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締めればしめればshimereba
    2. negative締めなければしめなければshimenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain締めさせるしめさせるshimesaseru
    2. polite締めさせますしめさせますshimesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain締めさせられるしめさせられるshimesaserareru
    2. polite締めさせられますしめさせられますshimesaseraremasu