忘れる

わすれるwasureru

forget

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 続ける, やめる, 起きる

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忘れますわすれますwasuremasu
    2. negative忘れませんわすれませんwasuremasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative忘れましたわすれましたwasuremashita
    2. negative忘れませんでしたわすれませんでしたwasuremasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 忘れてわすれてwasurete
    2. request忘れてくださいわすれてくださいwasurete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 忘れましょうわすれましょうwasuremashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative忘れたいわすれたいwasuretai
    2. negative忘れたくないわすれたくないwasuretakunai
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忘れるわすれるwasureru
    2. negative忘れないわすれないwasurenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative忘れたわすれたwasureta
    2. negative忘れなかったわすれなかったwasurenakatta

  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忘れているわすれているwasurete iru
    2. polite忘れていますわすれていますwasurete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain忘れられるわすれられるwasurerareru
    2. polite忘れられますわすれられますwasureraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 忘れたらわすれたらwasuretara

  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忘れられるわすれられるwasurerareru
    2. polite忘れられますわすれられますwasureraremasu
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. 忘れようわすれようwasureyō

  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忘れろわすれろwasurero
    2. ban忘れるなわすれるなwasureru 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忘れればわすれればwasurereba
    2. negative忘れなければわすれなければwasurenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain忘れさせるわすれさせるwasuresaseru
    2. polite忘れさせますわすれさせますwasuresasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain忘れさせられるわすれさせられるwasuresaserareru
    2. polite忘れさせられますわすれさせられますwasuresaseraremasu