Ichidan verb
寝かせるねかせる
nekaseru寝かせる (ねかせる, nekaseru) — to put to bed — is an ichidan verb: 寝かせて (te-form), 寝かせた (past), 寝かせない (negative), 寝かせます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to let sleep.
How 寝かせる conjugates · ichidan verb
Drop the る, then add the ending.
Nothing else moves: every ending attaches straight to the stem 寝かせ. That is what makes ichidan the easy class.
寝かせる
dropsstem + ending
寝かせない寝かせないnegative · I don't put someone to bed.
寝かせます寝かせますpolite present
寝かせて寝かせてte-form · I put someone to bed and …
寝かせた寝かせたpast · I put someone to bed.
寝かせられる寝かせられるpotential · I can put someone to bed.
寝かせれば寝かせればif · If I were to put someone to bed, ...
寝かせよう寝かせようvolitional · Let's put someone to bed.
No sound changes and no vowel rows. The catch is telling ichidan from godan: plenty of godan verbs end in る too.
N5 N tags give the JLPT level at which the game starts quizzing a form.
Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | 寝かせる ねかせる nekaseru | |
| past N5 I put someone to bed. | 寝かせた ねかせた nekaseta | |
| negative N5 I don't put someone to bed. | 寝かせない ねかせない nekasenai | |
| te-form N5 I put someone to bed and … | 寝かせて ねかせて nekasete | |
| past negative N4 I didn't put someone to bed. | 寝かせなかった ねかせなかった nekasenakatta | |
| volitional N4 Let's put someone to bed. | 寝かせよう ねかせよう nekaseyou | |
| potential N3 I can put someone to bed. | 寝かせられる ねかせられる nekaserareru | |
| cond. ば N3 If I were to put someone to bed, ... | 寝かせれば ねかせれば nekasereba | |
| cond. たら N3 If I put someone to bed, ... | 寝かせたら ねかせたら nekasetara | |
| passive N2 I get put to bed. | 寝かせられる ねかせられる nekaserareru | |
| causative N2 | 寝かせさせる ねかせさせる nekasesaseru | |
| imperative N1 Put someone to bed! | 寝かせろ ねかせろ nekasero |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | 寝かせます ねかせます nekasemasu | |
| past N5 I put someone to bed. | 寝かせました ねかせました nekasemashita | |
| negative N5 I don't put someone to bed. | 寝かせません ねかせません nekasemasen | |
| past negative N4 I didn't put someone to bed. | 寝かせませんでした ねかせませんでした nekasemasendeshita | |
| volitional N4 Let's put someone to bed. | 寝かせましょう ねかせましょう nekasemashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている N4 I'm putting someone to bed. | 寝かせている ねかせている nekaseteiru | |
| ていた N4 I was putting someone to bed. | 寝かせていた ねかせていた nekaseteita | |
| ています N4 I'm putting someone to bed. | 寝かせています ねかせています nekaseteimasu | |
| ていました N4 I was putting someone to bed. | 寝かせていました ねかせていました nekaseteimashita |