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JAPANESE VERB

さめる

冷める

to go cold

  • #424 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 go cold
NegativeI don’t go cold

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI went cold
NegativeI didn’t go cold

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formgoing cold, and…
Doing now (て います)I am going cold
Please (て ください)please go cold

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can go cold
NegativeI can’t go cold

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to go cold
NegativeI don’t want to go cold

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s go cold

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am gone cold
CausativeI make someone go cold

How to use さめる

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

  1. Present and future

    この スープ は なかなか さめません。

    This soup takes ages to cool down.

  2. Past

    はなして いる あいだ に、 コーヒー が さめた。

    While we were talking, my coffee went cold.

  3. Te-form

    ピザ が さめて、 かたく なった。

    The pizza went cold and got hard.

  4. Potential

    さめる まえ に たべられます か。

    Can you eat it before it gets cold?

  5. Want to

    ラーメン は さめない うち に たべたい。

    I want to eat the ramen before it goes cold.

  6. Volitional

    さめる と まずい から、 はやく たべよう。

    It's no good cold, so let's eat quickly.

  7. Conditional

    すこし さめたら、 れいぞうこ に いれて ください。

    Once it's cooled a little, put it in the fridge.

  8. Commands and requests

    おふろ が さめる まえ に、 はいりなさい。

    Get in the bath before it goes cold.

  9. Passive and causative

    さめた ごはん は チャーハン に つかわれます。

    Cold rice gets used for fried rice.

Good to know

  • さめる is for food, drinks and feelings that cool down; ひえる is for what gets cold in the fridge or the night air.
  • The same sound, written 覚める, is to wake up: め が さめる.
  • Food goes cold by itself, so the potential, want, volitional, imperative and passive sentences show さめる beside another verb.

Verbs like this one

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