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題する (daisuru) conjugation

JLPT N1 Irregular verb (Group 3)transitive (takes を)

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題する (だいする, daisuru) is an irregular verb. Only する and 来る are truly irregular, and every learner meets them in week one. Every form below is tappable — hear it, then say it back.

Conjugation table

FormPlain (casual)Polite (~ます)When you use it
Dictionary / plain
daisuru

daishimasu
The form you look up. Also the casual present and future.
Plain negative
daishinai

daishimasen
“doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective.
Plain past
daishita

daishimashita
The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ.
Plain past negative
daishinakatta

daishimasendeshita
“didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped.
Te-form
daishite
The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている.
Progressive (~ている)
daishiteiru

daishiteimasu
“is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state.
Desire (~たい)
daishitai

daishitaidesu
“want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective.
Volitional
daishiyou

daishimashou
“let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”.
Potential
daidekiru

daidekimasu
“can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が.
Passive
daisareru

daisaremasu
“is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive.
Causative
daisaseru

daisasemasu
Make or let someone do it.
Causative-passive
daisaserareru

daisaseraremasu
Be made to do it — the long one.
Imperative
daishiro

daishitekudasai
Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life.
Prohibitive
daisuruna
“don’t!” — dictionary form + な.
Conditional (~ば)
daisureba
“if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals.
Conditional (~たら)
daishitara
“if / when ~”. The everyday conditional.

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Why it conjugates this way

Only する and 来る are truly irregular, and every learner meets them in week one. See the full rules on the verb conjugation guide.

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