溺れる

おぼれるoboreru

drown

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 作り上げる, 枯れる, 抱きしめる

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溺れますおぼれますoboremasu
    2. negative溺れませんおぼれませんoboremasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative溺れましたおぼれましたoboremashita
    2. negative溺れませんでしたおぼれませんでしたoboremasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 溺れておぼれてoborete
    2. request溺れてくださいおぼれてくださいoborete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 溺れましょうおぼれましょうoboremashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative溺れたいおぼれたいoboretai
    2. negative溺れたくないおぼれたくないoboretakunai
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溺れるおぼれるoboreru
    2. negative溺れないおぼれないoborenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative溺れたおぼれたoboreta
    2. negative溺れなかったおぼれなかったoborenakatta

  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溺れているおぼれているoborete iru
    2. polite溺れていますおぼれていますoborete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain溺れられるおぼれられるoborerareru
    2. polite溺れられますおぼれられますoboreraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 溺れたらおぼれたらoboretara

  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溺れられるおぼれられるoborerareru
    2. polite溺れられますおぼれられますoboreraremasu
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. 溺れようおぼれようoboreyō

  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溺れろおぼれろoborero
    2. ban溺れるなおぼれるなoboreru 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溺れればおぼれればoborereba
    2. negative溺れなければおぼれなければoborenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain溺れさせるおぼれさせるoboresaseru
    2. polite溺れさせますおぼれさせますoboresasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain溺れさせられるおぼれさせられるoboresaserareru
    2. polite溺れさせられますおぼれさせられますoboresaseraremasu