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JAPANESE VERB

いれる

入れる

to make, of tea or coffee

  • Ichidan verb (ru-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI make
NegativeI don’t make

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI made
NegativeI didn’t make

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formmaking, and…
Doing now (て います)I am making
Please (て ください)please make

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can make
NegativeI can’t make

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to make
NegativeI don’t want to make

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s make

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I make
  2. If, when (たら) if I make

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) make (do it)
  2. Plain command make!
  3. Please don’t please don’t make

Passive and causative

受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am made
CausativeI make someone make

How to use いれる

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present and future

    まいあさ、 じぶん で コーヒー を いれます。

    Every morning I make my own coffee.

  2. Past

    おきゃくさん に あつい おちゃ を いれた。

    I made the guests some hot tea.

  3. Te-form

    コーヒー を いれて、 ベランダ で のんだ。

    I made coffee and drank it on the balcony.

  4. Potential

    この きかい なら、 だれ でも おいしい コーヒー が いれられます。

    With this machine, anyone can make good coffee.

  5. Want to

    ともだち に おいしい おちゃ を いれたい。

    I want to make my friends really good tea.

  6. Volitional

    つかれた ね。 コーヒー でも いれよう か。

    Tired, aren't we. Shall I make some coffee?

  7. Conditional

    ぬるい おゆ で いれれば、 おちゃ は あまく なります。

    If you brew it with cooler water, the tea gets sweeter.

  8. Commands and requests

    おばあちゃん に おちゃ を いれなさい。

    Make Grandma some tea.

  9. Passive and causative

    ていねい に いれられた おちゃ は、 かおり が ちがいます。

    Tea that has been brewed with care smells different.

Good to know

  • いれる covers making tea and coffee: おちゃ を いれる, コーヒー を いれる. For cooking a meal, つくる.
  • It is the same word as いれる, to put in: you put the leaves in, and the drink is made.

Where you hear いれる

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Japanese · Intermediate Level 3

  • まいあさ、 ばあちゃん に おちゃ を いれる。 Every morning, I make Grandma her tea.
  • おきゃくさん に おちゃ を いれた。 I made tea for the guests.
  • あした は わたし が コーヒー を いれる ね。 Tomorrow I'll make the coffee.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: ichidan verb (ru-verb).