死ぬ (shinu) conjugation
to die
死ぬ (しぬ, shinu) 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 | 死ぬ shinu | 死にます shinimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 死なない shinanai | 死にません shinimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 死んだ shinda | 死にました shinimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 死ななかった shinanakatta | 死にませんでした shinimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 死んで shinde | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 死んでいる shindeiru | 死んでいます shindeimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 死にたい shinitai | 死にたいです shinitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 死のう shinou | 死にましょう shinimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 死ねる shineru | 死ねます shinemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 死なれる shinareru | 死なれます shinaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 死なせる shinaseru | 死なせます shinasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 死なされる shinasareru | 死なされます shinasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 死ね shine | 死んでください shindekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 死ぬな shinuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 死ねば shineba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 死んだら shindara | — | “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.