馴らす (narasu) conjugation
to domesticate, to tame
馴らす (ならす, narasu) 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 | 馴らす narasu | 馴らします narashimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 馴らさない narasanai | 馴らしません narashimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 馴らした narashita | 馴らしました narashimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 馴らさなかった narasanakatta | 馴らしませんでした narashimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 馴らして narashite | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 馴らしている narashiteiru | 馴らしています narashiteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 馴らしたい narashitai | 馴らしたいです narashitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 馴らそう narasou | 馴らしましょう narashimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 馴らせる naraseru | 馴らせます narasemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 馴らされる narasareru | 馴らされます narasaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 馴らさせる narasaseru | 馴らさせます narasasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 馴らさせられる narasaserareru | 馴らさせられます narasaseraremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 馴らせ narase | 馴らしてください narashitekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 馴らすな narasuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 馴らせば naraseba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 馴らしたら narashitara | — | “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.