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JAPANESE VERB

ぬれる

濡れる

to get wet

  • #397 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 get wet
NegativeI don’t get wet

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI got wet
NegativeI didn’t get wet

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formgetting wet, and…
Doing now (て います)I am getting wet
Please (て ください)please get wet

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can get wet
NegativeI can’t get wet

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to get wet
NegativeI don’t want to get wet

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s get wet

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am gotten wet
CausativeI make someone get wet

How to use ぬれる

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

  1. Present and future

    かさ が ない と、 ぬれます よ。

    Without an umbrella you'll get wet.

  2. Past

    あめ で くつ が ぬれた。

    My shoes got wet in the rain.

  3. Te-form

    かみ が ぬれて います ね。

    Your hair's wet, isn't it?

  4. Potential

    この じかん なら、 ぬれられて も へいき です。

    At this hour I don't mind getting wet.

  5. Want to

    あたらしい くつ だ から、 ぬれたくない。

    They're new shoes, I don't want them to get wet.

  6. Volitional

    ぬれよう と、 かまわない。 いこう。

    I don't care if we get wet. Let's go.

  7. Conditional

    ぬれたら、 すぐ きがえて ください。

    If you get wet, change right away.

  8. Commands and requests

    かぜ を ひく から、 ぬれないで ください ね。

    You'll catch a cold, so please don't get wet.

  9. Passive and causative

    こども を あめ で ぬれさせないで ください。

    Please don't let the children get wet in the rain.

Good to know

  • ぬれる is getting wet by itself; ぬらす is getting something wet: かみ が ぬれた, タオル を ぬらす.

Where you hear ぬれる

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

Japanese · Beginner Level 2

  • あめ の ひ は、 くつ が ぬれます。 On rainy days, my shoes get wet.
  • はる さん の かさ で、 ぬれませんでした。 With Haru's umbrella, I didn't get wet.
  • あした は あめ です から、 そと の いす が ぬれます。 It'll rain tomorrow, so the chairs outside will get wet.
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An Umbrella to Borrow

Beginner Level 2 · ぬれました。 · ぬれませんでした。

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Verbs like this one

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