捨てる
すてる
throw away (trash), dump, discard
Suteru (捨てる) is an ichidan verb meaning "throw away (trash), dump, discard". Its polite form is 捨てます (sutemasu), its te form is 捨てて (sutete), its past form is 捨てた (suteta), and its negative form is 捨てない (sutenai).
Ichidan verbJLPT N4
Suteru (捨てる) conjugation quick reference
捨てる means "throw away (trash), dump, discard". Its main forms are listed below, with links to the grammar pattern behind each form.
Suteru example sentences
ごみをすてます。
I throw away the trash.
古いふくをすてました。
I threw away old clothes.
この新聞はすてません。
I won’t throw away this newspaper.
How to use Suteru: grammar notes
•Use を to mark the thing you're throwing away—like ゴミを捨てる (throw away trash).
•Don’t use で for the location where you throw something away; instead, say 場所に捨てる (throw away at a place), like 公園にゴミを捨てないでください (Please don’t throw trash in the park).
•捨てる is often used in commands, so to politely ask someone not to throw something away, say 捨てないでください (Please don’t throw it away).
•JLPT N4 level
Common phrases with Suteru
ゴミを捨てる
to throw away trash
彼に捨てられた
(I) was dumped by him
チャンスを捨てる
to throw away a chance
Suteru (捨てる) conjugation table
| Form | Japanese | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Forms | ||
| Dictionary Form | 捨てる | suteru |
| Masu Form | 捨てます | sutemasu |
| Te Form | 捨てて | sutete |
| Past Form | 捨てた | suteta |
| Negative Form | 捨てない | sutenai |
| Past Negative | 捨てなかった | sutenakatta |
| Polite Forms | ||
| Polite Present | 捨てます | sutemasu |
| Polite Past | 捨てました | sutemashita |
| Polite Negative | 捨てません | sutemasen |
| Polite Past Negative | 捨てませんでした | sutemasendeshita |
| Advanced Forms | ||
| Potential Form | 捨てられる | suterareru |
| Passive Form | 捨てられる | suterareru |
| Causative Form | 捨てさせる | sutesaseru |
| Causative Passive | 捨てさせられる | sutesaserareru |
| Volitional Form | 捨てよう | suteyou |
| Imperative Form | 捨てろ | sutero |
| Conditional Forms | ||
| Conditional (ば) | 捨てれば | sutereba |
| Conditional (たら) | 捨てたら | sutetara |
| Other Forms | ||
| Progressive Form | 捨てている | suteteiru |
| Desire (たい) | 捨てたい | sutetai |
| Prohibition | 捨てるな | suteruna |