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Conjugation of Japanese adjective 眠い - sleepy - nemui

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    眠い

    Reading

    ねむい
    nemui

    Meaning

    is sleepy

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    眠くない

    Reading

    ねむくない
    nemukunai

    Meaning

    is not sleepy

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    眠いです

    Reading

    ねむいです
    nemuidesu

    Meaning

    is sleepy

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    眠くありません

    Reading

    ねむくありません
    nemukuarimasen

    Meaning

    is not sleepy

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    眠かった

    Reading

    ねむかった
    nemukatta

    Meaning

    was sleepy

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    眠くなかった

    Reading

    ねむくなかった
    nemukunakatta

    Meaning

    was not sleepy

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    眠かったです

    Reading

    ねむかったです
    nemukattadesu

    Meaning

    was sleepy

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    眠くありませんでした

    Reading

    ねむくありませんでした
    nemukuarimasendeshita

    Meaning

    was not sleepy

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    眠くて

    Reading

    ねむくて
    nemukute

    Meaning

    is sleepy, and...

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    眠くなくて

    Reading

    ねむくなくて
    nemukunakute

    Meaning

    is not sleepy, and...

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    眠いだろう

    Reading

    ねむいだろう
    nemuidarou

    Meaning

    will probably be sleepy

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    眠くないだろう

    Reading

    ねむくないだろう
    nemukunaidarou

    Meaning

    probably won't be sleepy

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    眠いでしょう

    Reading

    ねむいでしょう
    nemuideshou

    Meaning

    will probably be sleepy

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    眠くないでしょう

    Reading

    ねむくないでしょう
    nemukunaideshou

    Meaning

    probably won't be sleepy

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    眠く

    Reading

    ねむく
    nemuku

    Meaning

    in a sleepy way

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    眠ければ

    Reading

    ねむければ
    nemukereba

    Meaning

    if it is sleepy

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    眠くなければ

    Reading

    ねむくなければ
    nemukunakereba

    Meaning

    if it is not sleepy

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    眠かったら

    Reading

    ねむかったら
    nemukattara

    Meaning

    if it was sleepy

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    眠くなかったら

    Reading

    ねむくなかったら
    nemukunakattara

    Meaning

    if it was not sleepy

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    眠さ

    Reading

    ねむさ
    nemusa

    Meaning

    sleepy-ness (or the quality of being sleepy)

Word Detail

    word

    眠い

    Meaning

    Sleepy

Kanji in this Adjective

  • kanji

    眠

    Meaning

    Sleep, Sleepy

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