消きえる: going out or disappearing. The examples use polite Japanese in everyday situations.

The idea

消きえる is an ichidan verb: remove final る before adding ます or て. The polite non-past, negative and past forms are 消きえます、消きえません、消きえました. The て form is 消きえて. The thing undergoing the change can be marked by が; an intransitive verb does not imply that there is no cause. Here the ている form can describe the resulting state, not just an action in progress.

Patterns to compare
Dictionary formPolite non-pastPolite negativePolite pastて form
消きえる消きえます消きえません消きえました消きえて

Examples

  • 急きゅうに部屋へやの電気でんきが消きえました。The light in the room suddenly went out.
  • 風かぜでろうそくの火ひが消きえました。The candle flame went out in the wind.
  • スマートフォンの画面がめんが消きえています。The phone screen is off.
  • 朝あさになると、星ほしが消きえます。The stars disappear when morning comes.
  • 黒板こくばんの字じが消きえません。The writing on the blackboard will not come off.
  • パソコンからメッセージが消きえました。The message disappeared from the computer.

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消きえる describes the change; its transitive partner 消けす describes an action on something.

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  1. （消きえる→ます）＿

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    消えます

    消きえます is the polite non-past form; context can indicate a habit or a future event.

  2. （消きえる→て）＿

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    消えて

    消きえて is the て form; it can connect clauses.

  3. 電気でんき＿消きえます。（が／を）

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    が

    が marks the subject undergoing the change.

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