眠る

ねむるnemuru

sleep

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 通る, 渡る, 座る

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眠りますねむりますnemurimasu
    2. negative眠りませんねむりませんnemurimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative眠りましたねむりましたnemurimashita
    2. negative眠りませんでしたねむりませんでしたnemurimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 眠ってねむってnemutte
    2. request眠ってくださいねむってくださいnemutte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 眠りましょうねむりましょうnemurimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative眠りたいねむりたいnemuritai
    2. negative眠りたくないねむりたくないnemuritakunai
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眠るねむるnemuru
    2. negative眠らないねむらないnemuranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative眠ったねむったnemutta
    2. negative眠らなかったねむらなかったnemuranakatta

  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眠っているねむっているnemutte iru
    2. polite眠っていますねむっていますnemutte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain眠れるねむれるnemureru
    2. polite眠れますねむれますnemuremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 眠ったらねむったらnemuttara

  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眠られるねむられるnemurareru
    2. polite眠られますねむられますnemuraremasu
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. 眠ろうねむろうnemurō

  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眠れねむれnemure
    2. ban眠るなねむるなnemuru 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眠ればねむればnemureba
    2. negative眠らなければねむらなければnemuranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain眠らせるねむらせるnemuraseru
    2. polite眠らせますねむらせますnemurasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain眠らせられるねむらせられるnemuraserareru
    2. polite眠らせられますねむらせられますnemuraseraremasu