Japanese 入れる: putting something inside

The idea

入いれる is a ichidan verb. Its polite non-past is 入いれます, polite negative 入いれません, polite past 入いれました, and て form 入いれて. The non-past can express a habit or a future event, depending on context. を marks what is put in and に its destination; 入はいる describes going inside rather than putting something in.

Examples

• 本ほんをかばんに入いれます。I put a book in the bag.
• 母はははスープに塩しおを入いれません。My mother does not add salt to the soup.
• 昨日きのう、鍵かぎを引ひき出だしに入いれました。Yesterday I put the key in the drawer.
• ここに名前なまえを入いれてください。Please enter your name here.
• 猫ねこを部屋へやに入いれて、窓まどを閉しめました。I let the cat into the room and closed the window.
• お茶ちゃに砂糖さとうを入いれますか。Do you put sugar in your tea?

Watch out

Do not add て directly to the dictionary form 入いれる; the correct て form is 入いれて.

Try it yourself

1. ＿。（入いれる→ます）

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   入れます

   入いれます is the polite non-past of 入いれる; context determines whether it describes a habit or the future.

2. ＿。（入いれる→て）

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   入れて

   入いれて is the て form of 入いれる; it can link one action to a following clause.

3. 本ほん＿かばんに入いれます。（を／が）

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   を

   を is correct here. を marks what is put in and に its destination; 入はいる describes going inside rather than putting something in.

Use it today

Make two sentences with 入いれる, one in the polite past and one negative. Check the forms and particles against the table and examples.