Godan verb (ぬ)
死ぬしぬ
shinu死ぬ (しぬ, shinu) — to die — is a godan verb ending in ぬ: 死んで (te-form), 死んだ (past), 死なない (negative), 死にます (polite).
It also means to pass away.
How 死ぬ conjugates · godan ぬ-verb
Only the last kana changes: ぬ becomes な, に, ね or の.
Which one depends on the ending. The five are one line of the hiragana chart — same consonant, vowels あ・い・う・え・お — and everything before that kana never changes.
な死なないnegative
に死にますpolite present
ぬ死ぬdictionary form
ね死ねるpotential死ねばif
の死のうvolitional
The て and た forms · ぬ → んで, んだ
ん死んでte-form死んだpast
The て and た forms are the only two that don't follow this pattern. Every む-, ぶ- and ぬ-verb has the same んで there.
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PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 死ぬ しぬ shinu | |
| past He died. | 死んだ しんだ shinda | |
| negative He won't die. | 死なない しなない shinanai | |
| te-form He dies and … | 死んで しんで shinde | |
| past negative N4 He didn't die. | 死ななかった しななかった shinanakatta | |
| volitional N4 | 死のう しのう shinou | |
| potential N3 I can die. | 死ねる しねる shineru | |
| cond. ば N3 If I die, ... | 死ねば しねば shineba | |
| cond. たら N3 If he dies, ... | 死んだら しんだら shindara | |
| passive N2 Someone dies on me. | 死なれる しなれる shinareru | |
| causative N2 I let someone die. | 死なせる しなせる shinaseru | |
| imperative N1 Drop dead! | 死ね しね shine |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 死にます しにます shinimasu | |
| past He died. | 死にました しにました shinimashita | |
| negative He won't die. | 死にません しにません shinimasen | |
| past negative N4 He didn't die. | 死にませんでした しにませんでした shinimasendeshita | |
| volitional N4 | 死にましょう しにましょう shinimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている N4 He's dead. | 死んでいる しんでいる shindeiru | |
| ていた N4 He was already dead. | 死んでいた しんでいた shindeita | |
| ています N4 He's dead. | 死んでいます しんでいます shindeimasu | |
| ていました N4 He was already dead. | 死んでいました しんでいました shindeimashita |