JAPANESE VERB

しぬ

死ぬ

to die

Conjugation

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Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI die
NegativeI don’t die

finished actions

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI died
NegativeI didn’t die

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

可能形 · “can”

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI can die
NegativeI can’t die

たい形 · “want to”

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI want to die
NegativeI don’t want to die

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form	Polite	Plain
Let’slet’s die

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 died
CausativeI make someone die

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

Present and future

ひとはいつかみんな しにます。

Everyone dies someday.
Past

かっていたきんぎょが しんだ。

The goldfish I kept died.
Te-form

このきはもう しんで います。

This tree is already dead.
Potential

こんなところで しねません。

I can't die in a place like this.
Want to

はずかしくて、 しにたい くらいだった。

I was so embarrassed I wanted to die.
Volitional

しぬまえに、せかいじゅうをりょこうしよう。

Before we die, let's travel the whole world.
Conditional

しんだら、おかねはもっていけないよ。

When you die, you can't take your money with you.
Commands and requests

しぬまでげんきでいてください。

Please stay well until the very end.
Passive and causative

こどものころ、ちちにしなれました。

When I was a child, I lost my father.

しぬ is the only verb that ends in ぬ.
About a person you respect, say なくなる instead: そふがなくなりました.
Nobody plans to die, so the volitional and imperative sentences show しぬ beside another verb.

The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).