JAPANESE VERB

とける

溶ける

to melt

Conjugation

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Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI melt
NegativeI don’t melt

finished actions

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI melted
NegativeI didn’t melt

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

可能形 · “can”

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI can melt
NegativeI can’t melt

たい形 · “want to”

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

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form	Polite	Plain
Let’slet’s melt

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 melted
CausativeI make someone melt

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

Present and future

このチョコはくちのなかですぐ とけます。

This chocolate melts in your mouth right away.
Past

ゆきはひるまでにぜんぶ とけた。

The snow had all melted by midday.
Te-form

チーズが とけて、おいしそうですね。

The cheese has melted, it looks delicious.
Potential

ゆきが とける まで、じてんしゃにのれません。

Until the snow melts, I can't ride my bike.
Want to

ゆきが とける まえに、ゆきだるまをつくりたい。

I want to build a snowman before the snow melts.
Volitional

こおりが とける まえにのもう。

Let's drink it before the ice melts.
Conditional

ゆきが とければ、みちもあるきやすくなります。

If the snow melts, the roads get easier to walk on.
Commands and requests

とけない うちに、はやくたべなさい。

Eat it quickly before it melts.
Passive and causative

このアイスはとけにくくつくられています。

This ice cream is made so it doesn't melt easily.

とける is what the ice or the snow does; とかす is to melt something yourself: バターをとかす.
The same sound, written 解ける, is for a problem that gets solved or a knot that comes undone.
Ice doesn't decide to melt, so the potential, want, volitional, imperative and passive sentences show とける beside another verb.

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