Conjugation

閉める

しめるshimeru

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Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 尽きる, 惚れる, 温める

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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閉めますしめますshimemasu
    2. negative閉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閉めましたしめましたshimemashita
    2. negative閉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. 閉めてしめてshimete
    2. request閉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. 閉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閉めたいしめたいshimetai
    2. negative閉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閉めるしめるshimeru
    2. negative閉めないしめないshimenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative閉めたしめたshimeta
    2. negative閉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閉めているしめているshimete iru
    2. polite閉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閉められるしめられるshimerareru
    2. polite閉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. 閉めたらしめたら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閉められるしめられるshimerareru
    2. polite閉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. 閉めようしめよう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閉めろしめろshimero
    2. ban閉めるなしめるな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閉めればしめればshimereba
    2. negative閉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閉めさせるしめさせるshimesaseru
    2. polite閉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閉めさせられるしめさせられるshimesaserareru
    2. polite閉めさせられますしめさせられますshimesaseraremasu