Ichidan verb
捨てるすてる
suteru捨てる (すてる, suteru) — to throw away — is an ichidan verb: 捨てて (te-form), 捨てた (past), 捨てない (negative), 捨てます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to cast away; to dump.
How 捨てる conjugates · ichidan verb
Drop the る, then add the ending.
Nothing else moves: every ending attaches straight to the stem 捨て. That is what makes ichidan the easy class.
捨てる
dropsstem + ending
捨てない捨てないnegative · I don't throw it away.
捨てます捨てますpolite present
捨てて捨ててte-form · I throw it away and …
捨てた捨てたpast · I threw it away.
捨てられる捨てられるpotential · I can throw it away.
捨てれば捨てればif · If I throw it away, ...
捨てよう捨てようvolitional · Let's throw it away.
No sound changes and no vowel rows. The catch is telling ichidan from godan: plenty of godan verbs end in る too.
N3 N tags give the JLPT level at which the game starts quizzing a form.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 捨てる すてる suteru | |
| past I threw it away. | 捨てた すてた suteta | |
| negative I don't throw it away. | 捨てない すてない sutenai | |
| te-form I throw it away and … | 捨てて すてて sutete | |
| past negative I didn't throw it away. | 捨てなかった すてなかった sutenakatta | |
| volitional Let's throw it away. | 捨てよう すてよう suteyou | |
| potential N3 I can throw it away. | 捨てられる すてられる suterareru | |
| cond. ば N3 If I throw it away, ... | 捨てれば すてれば sutereba | |
| cond. たら N3 When I throw it away, ... | 捨てたら すてたら sutetara | |
| passive N2 It gets thrown away. | 捨てられる すてられる suterareru | |
| causative N2 I make someone throw it away. | 捨てさせる すてさせる sutesaseru | |
| imperative N1 Throw it away! | 捨てろ すてろ sutero |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 捨てます すてます sutemasu | |
| past I threw it away. | 捨てました すてました sutemashita | |
| negative I don't throw it away. | 捨てません すてません sutemasen | |
| past negative I didn't throw it away. | 捨てませんでした すてませんでした sutemasendeshita | |
| volitional Let's throw it away. | 捨てましょう すてましょう sutemashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I'm throwing things away. | 捨てている すてている suteteiru | |
| ていた I was throwing things away. | 捨てていた すてていた suteteita | |
| ています I'm throwing things away. | 捨てています すてています suteteimasu | |
| ていました I was throwing things away. | 捨てていました すてていました suteteimashita |