滅ぼす (horobosu) conjugation
to destroy, to overthrow, to ruin
滅ぼす (ほろぼす, horobosu) 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 | 滅ぼす horobosu | 滅ぼします horoboshimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 滅ぼさない horobosanai | 滅ぼしません horoboshimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 滅ぼした horoboshita | 滅ぼしました horoboshimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 滅ぼさなかった horobosanakatta | 滅ぼしませんでした horoboshimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 滅ぼして horoboshite | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 滅ぼしている horoboshiteiru | 滅ぼしています horoboshiteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 滅ぼしたい horoboshitai | 滅ぼしたいです horoboshitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 滅ぼそう horobosou | 滅ぼしましょう horoboshimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 滅ぼせる horoboseru | 滅ぼせます horobosemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 滅ぼされる horobosareru | 滅ぼされます horobosaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 滅ぼさせる horobosaseru | 滅ぼさせます horobosasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 滅ぼさせられる horobosaserareru | 滅ぼさせられます horobosaseraremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 滅ぼせ horobose | 滅ぼしてください horoboshitekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 滅ぼすな horobosuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 滅ぼせば horoboseba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 滅ぼしたら horoboshitara | — | “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.