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JAPANESE VERB

うまれる

生まれる

to be born

  • #161 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 am born
NegativeI am not born

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI was born
NegativeI was not born

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formbeing born, and…
Doing now (て います)I am being born
Please (て ください)please be born

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can be born
NegativeI can’t be born

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to be born
NegativeI don’t want to be born

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s be born

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I am born
  2. If, when (たら) if I am born

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
Passive
Causative

How to use うまれる

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

  1. Present and future

    らいげつ、 あね に あかちゃん が うまれる。

    Next month my sister is having a baby.

  2. Past

    わたし は おおさか で うまれました。

    I was born in Osaka.

  3. Te-form

    ベン は カナダ で うまれて、 とうきょう に すんで いる。

    Ben was born in Canada and lives in Tokyo.

  4. Potential

    もう いちど うまれられる なら、 ねこ に なりたい です。

    If I could be born again, I'd like to be a cat.

  5. Want to

    つぎ は おかねもち の いえ に うまれたい。

    Next time I want to be born into a rich family.

  6. Volitional

    あかちゃん が いま うまれよう と して います。

    The baby is just about to be born.

  7. Conditional

    こども が うまれたら、 ひっこす つもり だ。

    When the baby is born, we plan to move.

  8. Commands and requests

    あかちゃん、 はやく げんき に うまれなさい。

    Baby, hurry up and be born healthy.

  9. Passive and causative

    この まち は おおく の おんがくか を うまれさせました。

    This town has brought many musicians into the world.

Where you hear うまれる

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

Japanese · Beginner Level 3

  • はる に は こねこ が たくさん うまれます。 Lots of kittens are born in spring.
  • わたし は トロント で うまれました。 I was born in Toronto.
  • らいげつ、 また こねこ が うまれます。 More kittens will be born next month.
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Moving Day

Beginner Level 3 · うまれました

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Verbs like this one

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