合わす (awasu) conjugation
to join together, to face, to unite
合わす (あわす, awasu) is a godan verb. Godan verbs change their final kana up and down its column of the kana chart — the a-row for negatives, the i-row before ます, the e-row for potential and ば. Every form below is tappable — hear it, then say it back.
Conjugation table
| Form | Plain (casual) | Polite (~ます) | When you use it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dictionary / plain | 合わす awasu | 合わします awashimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 合わさない awasanai | 合わしません awashimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 合わした awashita | 合わしました awashimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 合わさなかった awasanakatta | 合わしませんでした awashimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 合わして awashite | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 合わしている awashiteiru | 合わしています awashiteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 合わしたい awashitai | 合わしたいです awashitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 合わそう awasou | 合わしましょう awashimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 合わせる awaseru | 合わせます awasemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 合わされる awasareru | 合わされます awasaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 合わさせる awasaseru | 合わさせます awasasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 合わさせられる awasaserareru | 合わさせられます awasaseraremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 合わせ awase | 合わしてください awashitekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 合わすな awasuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 合わせば awaseba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 合わしたら awashitara | — | “if / when ~”. The everyday conditional. |
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Why it conjugates this way
Godan verbs change their final kana up and down its column of the kana chart — the a-row for negatives, the i-row before ます, the e-row for potential and ば.
See the full rules on the verb conjugation guide.