JLPT N5 vocabulary
覚える: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
おぼえる3Nakadaka · falls inside
Ichidan verb (ru-verb)
Meaning
- to memorize, to memorise, to commit to memory, to learn by heart, to bear in mind, to remember
- to learn, to pick up, to acquire
- to feel
- to think, to regard
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 覚える | 覚え |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 覚え | 覚え |
| Polite presentます形 | 覚え | 覚え |
| Polite pastました形 | 覚え | 覚え |
| Te-formて形 | 覚え | 覚え |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 覚え | 覚え |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 覚え | 覚え |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 覚え | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 覚え | 覚え |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 覚え | 覚える |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 覚え | 覚え |
| Passive受身形 | 覚え | 覚え |
| Make / let使役形 | 覚え | 覚え |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 覚え | 覚え |
Example sentences
3 歳のころですか? 昔のこととて、 覚えていません。
When I was three? I don't remember because it was so long ago.
私なんかの名前を覚えていただいてたなんて、恐縮の極みです。
I'm deeply humbled that you remembered the name of someone like me.