寝そべる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
寝
ね Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
寢そべる (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 寝 (ne, “sleeping”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 寝る (neru, “to sleep”)) +‎ そべる (soberu, “to sprawl, to spread out”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ねそべ​る [nèsóbéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ne̞so̞be̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

寝(ね)そべる • (nesoberu) intransitive godan (stem 寝(ね)そべり (nesoberi), past 寝(ね)そべった (nesobetta))

1. to sprawl, lie at full length on one's side or on one's stomach

Conjugation

Conjugation of "寝そべる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	寝そべら	ねそべら	nesobera
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	寝そべり	ねそべり	nesoberi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	寝そべる	ねそべる	nesoberu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	寝そべる	ねそべる	nesoberu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	寝そべれ	ねそべれ	nesobere
Meireikei ("imperative")	寝そべれ	ねそべれ	nesobere
Key constructions
Passive	寝そべられる	ねそべられる	nesoberareru
Causative	寝そべらせる 寝そべらす	ねそべらせる ねそべらす	nesoberaseru nesoberasu
Potential	寝そべれる	ねそべれる	nesobereru
Volitional	寝そべろう	ねそべろう	nesoberō
Negative	寝そべらない	ねそべらない	nesoberanai
Negative continuative	寝そべらず	ねそべらず	nesoberazu
Formal	寝そべります	ねそべります	nesoberimasu
Perfective	寝そべった	ねそべった	nesobetta
Conjunctive	寝そべって	ねそべって	nesobette
Hypothetical conditional	寝そべれば	ねそべれば	nesobereba