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JAPANESE VERB

しらせる

知らせる

to let someone know

  • #184 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 let someone know
NegativeI don’t let someone know

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI let someone know
NegativeI didn’t let someone know

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formletting someone know, and…
Doing now (て います)I am letting someone know
Please (て ください)please let someone know

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can let someone know
NegativeI can’t let someone know

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to let someone know
NegativeI don’t want to let someone know

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s let someone know

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I let someone know
  2. If, when (たら) if I let someone know

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) let someone know (do it)
  2. Plain command let someone know!
  3. Please don’t please don’t let someone know

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am let someone know
CausativeI make someone let someone know

How to use しらせる

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

  1. Present and future

    けっか は メール で しらせます。

    I'll let you know the result by email.

  2. Past

    りょうしん に ごうかく を しらせた。

    I told my parents I had passed.

  3. Te-form

    ついたら、 しらせて ください ね。

    When you arrive, please let me know.

  4. Potential

    でんわ が ない から、 いま は しらせられない。

    I have no phone, so I can't let them know now.

  5. Want to

    この ニュース を はやく みんな に しらせたい です。

    I want to tell everyone this news quickly.

  6. Volitional

    さとう さん に も しらせよう。

    Let's tell Mrs. Sato too.

  7. Conditional

    はやく しらせれば、 みんな あんしん します。

    If you tell them early, everyone will be relieved.

  8. Commands and requests

    なにか あったら、 すぐ しらせなさい。

    If anything happens, tell me straight away.

  9. Passive and causative

    ともだち に けっこん を しらせられました。

    A friend let me know she's getting married.

Good to know

  • しらせる is to tell someone news; しる is to come to know it yourself.

Where you hear しらせる

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

Japanese · Beginner Level 3

  • けっか は すぐ しらせます。 I'll let you know the results straight away.
  • りょうしん に しらせました。 I let my parents know.
  • あした、 かぞく に しらせます。 Tomorrow I'll let my family know.
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Beginner Level 3 · しらせます

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Verbs like this one

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