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言い聞かせる

to persuade

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Conjugation of 言い聞かせる

This verb follows the ichidan conjugation pattern. This verb can also mean the following: instruct
私/俺
Present informal tense
言い聞かせる
iikikaseru
I persuade
Present informal negative tense
言い聞かせない
iikikasenai
I don't persuade
Present formal tense
言い聞かせます
iikikasemasu
I persuade
Present formal negative tense
言い聞かせません
iikikasemasen
I do not persuade
私/俺
Past informal tense
言い聞かせた
iikikaseta
I persuaded
Past informal negative tense
言い聞かせなかった
iikikasenakatta
I didn't persuade
Past formal tense
言い聞かせました
iikikasemashita
I persuade
Past formal negative tense
言い聞かせませんでした
iikikasemasen deshita
I did not persuade
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
言い聞かせよ
iikikaseyo
persuade
Imperative negative mood
言い聞かせるな
iikikaseru na
don't persuade
Imperative formal mood
言い聞かせてください
iikikasete kudasai
please persuade
Imperative formal negative mood
言い聞かせないでください
iikikasenai dekudasai
please do not persuade
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
言い聞かせて
iikikasete
persuade
Passive stem
言い聞かせられる
iikikaserareru
persuaded
Hypothetical tense
言い聞かせれ
iikikasere
if I persuaded
Hypothetical conditional stem
言い聞かせれば
iikikasereba
persuaded
私/俺
Volitional stem
言い聞かせよう
iikikaseyō
will persuade
Potential stem
言い聞かせられる
iikikaserareru
persuaded
Continuative stem
言い聞かせ
iikikase
persuading
Causative stem
言い聞かせさせる
iikikasesaseru
allow to persuade
私/俺
Imperfective stem
言い聞かせ
iikikase
persuade

Examples of 言い聞かせる

俺は困難に直面すると 言い聞かせる

When Combat Carl gets stuck in a jam, he says to himself,

やめさせるわ 言い聞かせる

I have to make him stop. He should understand.

側に行って 実話ではなく, 作り話だと 言い聞かせた.

I went to him and tried to tell him that it wasn't real, that I'd made it all up.

喜ばしい事だと自分自身に 言い聞かせた

BRYCE: I told myself I should be glad about it.

喜ばしい事だと自分自身に 言い聞かせた だって今までそう 思ってきた事じゃないか?

I learned a lot about my dad that way.

美徳と謙遜が 私を幸せにしてくれると 言い聞かせた

I learned that virtue and modesty would be my path to bliss.

君達に道の左側か 右側を歩くように 言い聞かせて

- [all muttering]

君達に道の左側か 右側を歩くように 言い聞かせて 今日の放送を終了する 中央じゃなくてね

This is your principal, signing off for today, reminding you to stay left or right, not centre.

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