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ねる
verb (ichidan)
to sleep, to go to bed
See also: () (knead, elaborate), ()かせる (transitive)
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present()()ない
Present polite()ます()ません
Past()()なかった
Past polite()ました()ませんでした
て form()()なくて
ている present()ている()ていない
ている polite()ています()ていません
ている past()ていた()ていなかった
ている past polite()ていました()ていませんでした
Conditional ば()れば()なければ
Conditional たら()たら()なかったら
Volitional()よう
Volitional polite()ましょう
Potential()られる()られない
Passive()られる()られない
Causative()させる()させない
Imperative()()るな
1. to sleep
To be in a state of sleep. The basic verb for sleeping.
もう()る。
I'm going to sleep now.
よく()た。
I slept well.
(あか)ちゃんもう()ている。
The baby is already sleeping.
I slept for eight hours yesterday.
I was tired, so I fell asleep on the train. I missed my stop.
2. to go to bed, to lie down
To get into bed or to lie down, whether or not one actually sleeps.
Go to bed early.
昨日(きのう)十一時(じゅういちじ)()た。
I went to bed at 11 o'clock yesterday.
I had a cold, so I was lying in bed.
I'm tired, so I want to lie down in bed.
I go to bed at 12 o'clock every day and wake up at 7. I'm a little sleepy in the morning.

()る covers both the act of sleeping and the act of going to bed or lying down.

TRANSITIVITY:

ASPECT (ている):
()ている means "is sleeping" or "is asleep" — a state, not an ongoing action.

COMMON PATTERNS:

COMMON COMPOUNDS:

OPPOSITE:
()きる (to wake up / get up).