湿る (shimeru) conjugation
to be wet, to be damp
湿る (しめる, shimeru) is a godan verb. Godan verbs change their final kana up and down its column of the kana chart — the a-row for negatives, the i-row before ます, the e-row for potential and ば. Every form below is tappable — hear it, then say it back.
Conjugation table
| Form | Plain (casual) | Polite (~ます) | When you use it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dictionary / plain | 湿る shimeru | 湿ります shimerimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 湿らない shimeranai | 湿りません shimerimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 湿った shimetta | 湿りました shimerimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 湿らなかった shimeranakatta | 湿りませんでした shimerimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 湿って shimette | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 湿っている shimetteiru | 湿っています shimetteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 湿りたい shimeritai | 湿りたいです shimeritaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 湿ろう shimerou | 湿りましょう shimerimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 湿れる shimereru | 湿れます shimeremasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 湿られる shimerareru | 湿られます shimeraremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 湿らせる shimeraseru | 湿らせます shimerasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 湿らされる shimerasareru | 湿らされます shimerasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 湿れ shimere | 湿ってください shimettekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 湿るな shimeruna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 湿れば shimereba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 湿ったら shimettara | — | “if / when ~”. The everyday conditional. |
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Why it conjugates this way
Godan verbs change their final kana up and down its column of the kana chart — the a-row for negatives, the i-row before ます, the e-row for potential and ば.
See the full rules on the verb conjugation guide.