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JAPANESE VERB

すてる

捨てる

to throw away

  • #117 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 throw away
NegativeI don’t throw away

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI threw away
NegativeI didn’t throw away

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formthrowing away, and…
Doing now (て います)I am throwing away
Please (て ください)please throw away

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can throw away
NegativeI can’t throw away

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to throw away
NegativeI don’t want to throw away

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s throw away

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I throw away
  2. If, when (たら) if I throw away

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am thrown away
CausativeI make someone throw away

How to use すてる

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

  1. Present and future

    もえる ごみ は かようび に すてます。

    Burnable rubbish goes out on Tuesday.

  2. Past

    ふるい ざっし を ぜんぶ すてた。

    I threw away all the old magazines.

  3. Te-form

    この はこ、 すてて も いい？

    Can I throw this box away?

  4. Potential

    おもいで の しゃしん は すてられない。

    I can't throw away photos full of memories.

  5. Want to

    きない ふく を すてたい ん だ けど。

    I want to throw out the clothes I don't wear.

  6. Volitional

    つかわない もの は すてよう。

    Let's throw away the things we don't use.

  7. Conditional

    これ を すてれば、 へや が ひろく なる。

    If we throw this out, the room will be bigger.

  8. Commands and requests

    ここ に ごみ を すてないで ください。

    Please don't throw rubbish here.

  9. Passive and causative

    たいせつな てがみ を はは に すてられた。

    My mother threw away my precious letters.

Where you hear すてる

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

Japanese · Intermediate Level 1

  • ふるい もの は すぐ すてる。 I throw old things away straight away.
  • ふるい ざっし を すてた。 I threw out the old magazines.
  • あした、 ごみ を すてる。 I'll take the rubbish out tomorrow.
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The Big Clean

Intermediate Level 1 · すてる · すてて · すてないで · すてないで ね！

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Verbs like this one

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