練る

ねるneru

knead

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 怠る, かじる, 茂る

  • Godan, not ichidan

    It ends in -iru or -eru, but it is a godan verb: 練ります, 練らない.

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練りますねりますnerimasu
    2. negative練りませんねりませんnerimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative練りましたねりましたnerimashita
    2. negative練りませんでしたねりませんでしたnerimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 練ってねってnette
    2. request練ってくださいねってくださいnette kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 練りましょうねりましょうnerimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative練りたいねりたいneritai
    2. negative練りたくないねりたくないneritakunai
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練るねるneru
    2. negative練らないねらないneranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative練ったねったnetta
    2. negative練らなかったねらなかったneranakatta

  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練っているねっているnette iru
    2. polite練っていますねっていますnette imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain練れるねれるnereru
    2. polite練れますねれますneremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 練ったらねったらnettara

  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練られるねられるnerareru
    2. polite練られますねられますneraremasu
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. 練ろうねろうnerō

  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練れねれnere
    2. ban練るなねるなneru 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練ればねればnereba
    2. negative練らなければねらなければneranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain練らせるねらせるneraseru
    2. polite練らせますねらせますnerasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain練らせられるねらせられるneraserareru
    2. polite練らせられますねらせられますneraseraremasu