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熱する (nessuru) conjugation

JLPT N2 Irregular verb (Group 3)transitive (takes を)intransitive

to heat

熱する (ねっする, nessuru) is an irregular verb. Only する and 来る are truly irregular, and every learner meets them in week one. Every form below is tappable — hear it, then say it back.

Conjugation table

FormPlain (casual)Polite (~ます)When you use it
Dictionary / plain
nessuru

nesshimasu
The form you look up. Also the casual present and future.
Plain negative
nesshinai

nesshimasen
“doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective.
Plain past
nesshita

nesshimashita
The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ.
Plain past negative
nesshinakatta

nesshimasendeshita
“didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped.
Te-form
nesshite
The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている.
Progressive (~ている)
nesshiteiru

nesshiteimasu
“is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state.
Desire (~たい)
nesshitai

nesshitaidesu
“want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective.
Volitional
nesshiyou

nesshimashou
“let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”.
Potential
neddekiru

neddekimasu
“can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が.
Passive
nessareru

nessaremasu
“is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive.
Causative
nessaseru

nessasemasu
Make or let someone do it.
Causative-passive
nessaserareru

nessaseraremasu
Be made to do it — the long one.
Imperative
nesshiro

nesshitekudasai
Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life.
Prohibitive
nessuruna
“don’t!” — dictionary form + な.
Conditional (~ば)
nessureba
“if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals.
Conditional (~たら)
nesshitara
“if / when ~”. The everyday conditional.

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Why it conjugates this way

Only する and 来る are truly irregular, and every learner meets them in week one. See the full rules on the verb conjugation guide.

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