Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI oversleep | ||
| NegativeI don’t oversleep |
JAPANESE VERB
寝坊する
to oversleep
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI oversleep | ||
| NegativeI don’t oversleep |
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI overslept | ||
| NegativeI didn’t oversleep |
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formoversleeping, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am oversleeping | ||
| Please (て ください)please oversleep |
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can oversleep | ||
| NegativeI can’t oversleep |
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to oversleep | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to oversleep |
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s oversleep |
条件形 · “if” and “when”
命令形 · from gentle to blunt
受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| PassiveI am overslept | ||
| CausativeI make someone oversleep |
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
けんた は げつようび に よく ねぼう します。
Kenta often oversleeps on Mondays.
きょう は にじかん も ねぼう した。
Today I overslept by two whole hours.
ベン は また ねぼう して いる。
Ben is oversleeping again.
あした は しけん だ から、 ねぼう できない。
Tomorrow's the exam, so I can't oversleep.
にちようび くらい、 ねぼう したい。
On Sundays at least, I want to sleep in.
あした は やすみ だ し、 ねぼう しよう。
Tomorrow's a day off, so let's sleep in.
ねぼう したら、 でんわ して おこして。
If I oversleep, call and wake me.
だいじな ひ に ねぼう しないで ください。
Please don't oversleep on an important day.
おっと に ねぼう されて、 でんしゃ に のりおくれた。
My husband overslept and we missed the train.
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
The same pattern, on other verbs: する verb.