操る (ayatsuru) conjugation
to manipulate, to operate, to pull strings
操る (あやつる, ayatsuru) 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 | 操る ayatsuru | 操ります ayatsurimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 操らない ayatsuranai | 操りません ayatsurimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 操った ayatsutta | 操りました ayatsurimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 操らなかった ayatsuranakatta | 操りませんでした ayatsurimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 操って ayatsutte | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 操っている ayatsutteiru | 操っています ayatsutteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 操りたい ayatsuritai | 操りたいです ayatsuritaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 操ろう ayatsurou | 操りましょう ayatsurimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 操れる ayatsureru | 操れます ayatsuremasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 操られる ayatsurareru | 操られます ayatsuraremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 操らせる ayatsuraseru | 操らせます ayatsurasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 操らされる ayatsurasareru | 操らされます ayatsurasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 操れ ayatsure | 操ってください ayatsuttekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 操るな ayatsuruna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 操れば ayatsureba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 操ったら ayatsuttara | — | “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.