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JAPANESE VERB

めが さめる

目が 覚める

to wake up

  • #177 most used
  • Ichidan verb (ru-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI wake up
NegativeI don’t wake up

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI woke up
NegativeI didn’t wake up

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formwaking up, and…
Doing now (て います)I am waking up
Please (て ください)please wake up

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can wake up
NegativeI can’t wake up

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to wake up
NegativeI don’t want to wake up

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s wake up

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am woken up
CausativeI make someone wake up

How to use めが さめる

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

  1. Present and future

    さいきん、 ごじ に めが さめます。

    Lately I wake up at five.

  2. Past

    ゆめ を みて、 よなか に めが さめた。

    I had a dream and woke in the middle of the night.

  3. Te-form

    ベン は もう めが さめて いる。

    Ben's already awake.

  4. Potential

    めが さめて から、 すぐ に は おきられません。

    After I wake up, I can't get up straight away.

  5. Want to

    あした は じぶん で めが さめる まで ねたい。

    Tomorrow I want to sleep until I wake up by myself.

  6. Volitional

    めが さめた ばかり だ から、 コーヒー を いれよう。

    I've only just woken up, so let's make coffee.

  7. Conditional

    めが さめたら、 もう おひる だった。

    When I woke up, it was already midday.

  8. Commands and requests

    めが さめて いない から、 はなしかけないで。

    I'm not awake yet, so don't talk to me.

  9. Passive and causative

    めが さめた とき、 となり で ねこ に みられて いた。

    When I woke up, the cat was watching me from beside me.

Good to know

  • めが さめる is your eyes opening by themselves; おきる is getting up; おこす is waking someone.
  • Waking isn't chosen, so where a form isn't used, the sentence shows めが さめる beside another verb.

Where you hear めが さめる

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

Japanese · Intermediate Level 2

  • まいあさ、 ごじ に めが さめる。 Every morning I wake up at five.
  • よる、 なんかい も めが さめた。 In the night, I woke up again and again.
  • あした は きっと はやく めが さめる。 Tomorrow I'll surely wake up early.
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The Morning

Intermediate Level 2 · めが さめた

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Verbs like this one

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