Use 忘わすれる to forget or leave something behind. These everyday examples show polite speech and the words and particles that accompany the verb.

The idea

忘わすれる is an ichidan verb: remove final る and add ます or て to make 忘わすれます and 忘わすれて. 忘わすれません is polite negative and 忘わすれました is polite past; the non-past can describe a habit or the future. Use を for what is forgotten. With a place plus に, it can mean leaving something there; 覚おぼえる means to learn or remember.

Patterns to compare
Dictionary formPolite non-pastPolite negativePolite pastて form
忘わすれる忘わすれます忘わすれません忘わすれました忘わすれて

Examples

  • ときどき人ひとの名前なまえを忘わすれます。I sometimes forget people’s names.
  • 明日あしたは約束やくそくを忘わすれません。I will not forget the appointment tomorrow.
  • 昨日きのう、家いえに傘かさを忘わすれました。Yesterday I left my umbrella at home.
  • 時間じかんを忘わすれないでください。Please do not forget the time.
  • すみません、先生せんせいの名前なまえを忘わすれました。I am sorry; I forgot the teacher’s name.
  • 忘わすれる前まえに、メモを取とります。I take a note before I forget.

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Watch out

The dictionary form 忘わすれる is plain speech. In polite conversation use 忘わすれます; the て form is 忘わすれて, not the dictionary form plus て.

Try it yourself

  1. ときどき人ひとの名前なまえを_。(忘わすれる→ます)

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    忘れます

    忘わすれます is the polite non-past of 忘わすれる; context tells whether it describes a habit or a future action.

  2. _。(忘わすれる→て)

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    忘れて

    忘わすれて is the て form of 忘わすれる. It can join clauses or precede ください in a request.

  3. 名前なまえ_忘わすれます。(を/に)

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    を

    を marks what is remembered or forgotten, the object of the verb.

Use it today

Make a new sentence with 忘わすれる. Change it to the polite past and identify its particle, then compare it with the table.