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JAPANESE VERB

ねむれる

眠れる

to be able to sleep

  • #176 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 am able to sleep
NegativeI am not able to sleep

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI was able to sleep
NegativeI was not able to sleep

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formbeing able to sleep, and…
Doing now (て います)I am being able to sleep
Please (て ください)please be able to sleep

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can be able to sleep
NegativeI can’t be able to sleep

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to be able to sleep
NegativeI don’t want to be able to sleep

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s be able to sleep

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I am able to sleep
  2. If, when (たら) if I am able to sleep

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) be able to sleep (do it)
  2. Plain command be able to sleep!
  3. Please don’t please don’t be able to sleep

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
Passive
Causative

How to use ねむれる

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

  1. Present and future

    この へや は しずか で、 よく ねむれます。

    This room is quiet, so I sleep well.

  2. Past

    ゆうべ は ぜんぜん ねむれなかった。

    Last night I couldn't sleep at all.

  3. Te-form

    さいきん、 よく ねむれて います か？

    Have you been sleeping well lately?

  4. Potential

    コーヒー を のんだ あと でも ねむれる？

    Can you sleep even after coffee?

  5. Want to

    こんや は はやく ねむりたい です。

    Tonight I want to get to sleep early.

  6. Volitional

    あした は はやい から、 もう ねむろう。

    We're up early tomorrow, so let's sleep now.

  7. Conditional

    よく ねむれれば、 げんき に なります。

    If you can sleep well, you'll feel better.

  8. Commands and requests

    テレビ を けして、 もう ねむりなさい。

    Turn off the TV and go to sleep.

  9. Passive and causative

    この おんがく は あかちゃん を ねむらせます。

    This music sends babies to sleep.

Good to know

  • ねむれる is already the "can" form of ねむる, to sleep: よく ねむれる is to sleep well.
  • Want, let's, commands and the passive go back to ねむる: ねむりたい, ねむろう, ねむりなさい, ねむらせる.

Where you hear ねむれる

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Japanese · Beginner Level 3

  • この へや は しずか です から、 よく ねむれます。 This room is quiet, so you can sleep well.
  • きのう の よる、 ねむれません でした。 I couldn't sleep last night.
  • こんばん は よく ねむれます。 Tonight, I'll sleep well.
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