祭る (matsuru) conjugation
to deify, to enshrine
祭る (まつる, matsuru) 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 | 祭る matsuru | 祭ります matsurimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 祭らない matsuranai | 祭りません matsurimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 祭った matsutta | 祭りました matsurimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 祭らなかった matsuranakatta | 祭りませんでした matsurimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 祭って matsutte | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 祭っている matsutteiru | 祭っています matsutteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 祭りたい matsuritai | 祭りたいです matsuritaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 祭ろう matsurou | 祭りましょう matsurimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 祭れる matsureru | 祭れます matsuremasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 祭られる matsurareru | 祭られます matsuraremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 祭らせる matsuraseru | 祭らせます matsurasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 祭らされる matsurasareru | 祭らされます matsurasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 祭れ matsure | 祭ってください matsuttekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 祭るな matsuruna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 祭れば matsureba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 祭ったら matsuttara | — | “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.