覆す (kutsugaesu) conjugation
to overturn, to upset, to overthrow
覆す (くつがえす, kutsugaesu) 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 | 覆す kutsugaesu | 覆します kutsugaeshimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 覆さない kutsugaesanai | 覆しません kutsugaeshimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 覆した kutsugaeshita | 覆しました kutsugaeshimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 覆さなかった kutsugaesanakatta | 覆しませんでした kutsugaeshimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 覆して kutsugaeshite | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 覆している kutsugaeshiteiru | 覆しています kutsugaeshiteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 覆したい kutsugaeshitai | 覆したいです kutsugaeshitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 覆そう kutsugaesou | 覆しましょう kutsugaeshimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 覆せる kutsugaeseru | 覆せます kutsugaesemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 覆される kutsugaesareru | 覆されます kutsugaesaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 覆させる kutsugaesaseru | 覆させます kutsugaesasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 覆させられる kutsugaesaserareru | 覆させられます kutsugaesaseraremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 覆せ kutsugaese | 覆してください kutsugaeshitekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 覆すな kutsugaesuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 覆せば kutsugaeseba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 覆したら kutsugaeshitara | — | “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.