🛏️ Japanese Verb Guide: 寝る (neru) 🟢 Basic Forms 寝る (neru) – to sleep 寝た (neta) – slept 寝ない (nenai) – don’t sleep 寝なかった (nenakatta) – didn’t sleep 寝ている (nete iru) – is sleeping 寝ちゃった (nechatta) – fell asleep (accidentally/casual) 🟡 Polite Forms 寝ます (nemasu) – (I) sleep / will sleep 寝ません (nemasen) – don’t sleep 寝ました (nemashita) – slept 寝ませんでした (nemasen deshita) – didn’t sleep 🔵 Commands & Requests 寝て (nete) – (please) sleep 寝ろ (nero) – go to sleep! (casual) 寝なさい (ninasai) – please go to sleep (used by parents/teachers) 🟣 Volitional Forms 寝よう (neyou) – let’s sleep / I’ll sleep 寝ようか？(neyou ka?) – shall we sleep? 寝ようと思う (neyou to omou) – I think I’ll sleep 🔴 Desire 寝たい (netai) – I want to sleep 寝たくない (netakunai) – I don’t want to sleep 🟤 Potential / Causative 寝られる (nerareru) – can sleep 寝かせる (nekaseru) – to put someone to sleep 🟠 Need / Obligation 寝なければならない (nenakereba naranai) – I have to sleep 寝ないといけない (nenai to ikenai) – I must sleep (casual) ⚪️ Related Word 眠い (nemui) – sleepy 🥱 (an adjective, not a verb!) 眠る (nemuru) – another way to say “to sleep” (more formal/literary)