Ichidan verb
真似るまねる
maneru真似る (まねる, maneru) — to mimic — is an ichidan verb: 真似て (te-form), 真似た (past), 真似ない (negative), 真似ます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to imitate.
How 真似る conjugates · ichidan verb
Drop the る, then add the ending.
Nothing else moves: every ending attaches straight to the stem 真似. That is what makes ichidan the easy class.
真似る
dropsstem + ending
真似ない真似ないnegative · I don't imitate it.
真似ます真似ますpolite present
真似て真似てte-form · I imitate someone and …
真似た真似たpast · I imitated someone.
真似られる真似られるpotential · I can imitate it.
真似れば真似ればif · If I imitate it, ...
真似よう真似ようvolitional · Let's imitate it.
No sound changes and no vowel rows. The catch is telling ichidan from godan: plenty of godan verbs end in る too.
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Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 真似る まねる maneru | |
| past I imitated someone. | 真似た まねた maneta | |
| negative I don't imitate it. | 真似ない まねない manenai | |
| te-form I imitate someone and … | 真似て まねて manete | |
| past negative | 真似なかった まねなかった manenakatta | |
| volitional Let's imitate it. | 真似よう まねよう maneyou | |
| potential I can imitate it. | 真似られる まねられる manerareru | |
| cond. ば If I imitate it, ... | 真似れば まねれば manereba | |
| cond. たら When I imitate it, ... | 真似たら まねたら manetara | |
| passive I get imitated. | 真似られる まねられる manerareru | |
| causative I make someone imitate it. | 真似させる まねさせる manesaseru | |
| imperative N1 Imitate it! | 真似ろ まねろ manero |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 真似ます まねます manemasu | |
| past I imitated someone. | 真似ました まねました manemashita | |
| negative I don't imitate it. | 真似ません まねません manemasen | |
| past negative | 真似ませんでした まねませんでした manemasendeshita | |
| volitional Let's imitate it. | 真似ましょう まねましょう manemashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I'm imitating someone. | 真似ている まねている maneteiru | |
| ていた I was imitating it. | 真似ていた まねていた maneteita | |
| ています I'm imitating someone. | 真似ています まねています maneteimasu | |
| ていました I was imitating it. | 真似ていました まねていました maneteimashita |