申す (mousu) conjugation
-- extra-modest (humble) expression for 言う (いう) --
申す (もうす, mousu) 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 | 申す mousu | 申します moushimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 申さない mousanai | 申しません moushimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 申した moushita | 申しました moushimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 申さなかった mousanakatta | 申しませんでした moushimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 申して moushite | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 申している moushiteiru | 申しています moushiteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 申したい moushitai | 申したいです moushitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 申そう mousou | 申しましょう moushimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 申せる mouseru | 申せます mousemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 申される mousareru | 申されます mousaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 申させる mousaseru | 申させます mousasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 申させられる mousaserareru | 申させられます mousaseraremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 申せ mouse | 申してください moushitekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 申すな mousuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 申せば mouseba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 申したら moushitara | — | “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.