Ichidan verb

染めるそめる

someru

to dye · N1

染める (そめる, someru) — to dye — is an ichidan verb: 染めて (te-form), 染めた (past), 染めない (negative), 染めます (polite).

It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to colour; to color.

How 染める conjugates · ichidan verb

Drop the る, then add the ending.

Nothing else moves: every ending attaches straight to the stem 染め. That is what makes ichidan the easy class.

染める dropsstem + ending

染めない染めないnegative · I don't dye it. 染めます染めますpolite present 染めて染めてte-form · I dye it and … 染めた染めたpast · I dyed it. 染められる染められるpotential · I can dye it. 染めれば染めればif · If I dye it, ... 染めよう染めようvolitional · Let's dye it.

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.

PLAIN

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	染めるそめる someru
past N5 I dyed it.	染めたそめた someta
negative N5 I don't dye it.	染めないそめない somenai
te-form N5 I dye it and …	染めてそめて somete
past negative N4 I didn't dye it.	染めなかったそめなかった somenakatta
volitional N4 Let's dye it.	染めようそめよう someyou
potential N3 I can dye it.	染められるそめられる somerareru
cond. ば N3 If I dye it, ...	染めればそめれば somereba
cond. たら N3 When I dye it, ...	染めたらそめたら sometara
passive N2 It gets dyed.	染められるそめられる somerareru
causative N2 I let someone dye it.	染めさせるそめさせる somesaseru
imperative N1 Dye it!	染めろそめろ somero

POLITE

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	染めますそめます somemasu
past N5 I dyed it.	染めましたそめました somemashita
negative N5 I don't dye it.	染めませんそめません somemasen
past negative N4 I didn't dye it.	染めませんでしたそめませんでした somemasendeshita
volitional N4 Let's dye it.	染めましょうそめましょう somemashou

ASPECT

Form	Conjugation	Audio
ている N4 I'm dyeing it.	染めているそめている someteiru
ていた N4 I was dyeing it.	染めていたそめていた someteita
ています N4 I'm dyeing it.	染めていますそめています someteimasu
ていました N4 I was dyeing it.	染めていましたそめていました someteimashita