• Basic forms
• 覚える — to remember; to learn / base form
• 覚えます — (I) remember; (I) learn / masu form
• 覚えた — remembered; learned / ta form
• 覚えて — remember and …; please remember / te-form
• 覚えない — do not remember / negative
• 覚えれば — if (you) remember / conditional
• 覚えろ・覚えなさい — remember! / imperative
• Other common forms
• 覚えたい — want to remember; want to learn / 〜たい form
• 覚えられる — can remember; can learn / potential
• 覚えられない — cannot remember / negative potential
• More
• 覚えよう — let’s remember; let’s learn / 〜よう form
• 覚えなかった — didn’t remember / past negative
• 単語を覚えている — remember vocabulary / state

覚える（おぼえる） is an ichidan verb. Drop る and add endings like ます, た, て, ない. It is used for learning, memorizing, and intentionally storing information, such as words, facts, or skills.

• Basic forms
• 覚める — to wake up; to come to one’s senses / base form
• 覚めます — wake up; regain awareness / masu form
• 覚めた — woke up; snapped out of / ta form
• 覚めて — waking up; coming back to reality / te-form
• 覚めない — do not wake up; do not come to senses / negative
• 覚めれば — if (someone) wakes up / conditional
• Common expressions
• 夢から覚める — wake up from a dream
• 酔いが覚めた — sobered up
• 熱が覚める — enthusiasm cools down
• More
• 覚めよう — wake up (rare, literary)
• 覚めなかった — didn’t wake up / past negative

覚める（さめる） is an ichidan verb. It describes a natural change of state, such as waking from sleep, sobering up, or losing emotional intensity. It is the intransitive counterpart to 覚ます (to wake someone up).