逃す (nogasu) conjugation
to let loose, to set free, to let escape
逃す (のがす, nogasu) 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 | 逃す nogasu | 逃します nogashimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 逃さない nogasanai | 逃しません nogashimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 逃した nogashita | 逃しました nogashimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 逃さなかった nogasanakatta | 逃しませんでした nogashimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 逃して nogashite | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 逃している nogashiteiru | 逃しています nogashiteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 逃したい nogashitai | 逃したいです nogashitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 逃そう nogasou | 逃しましょう nogashimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 逃せる nogaseru | 逃せます nogasemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 逃される nogasareru | 逃されます nogasaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 逃させる nogasaseru | 逃させます nogasasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 逃させられる nogasaserareru | 逃させられます nogasaseraremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 逃せ nogase | 逃してください nogashitekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 逃すな nogasuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 逃せば nogaseba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 逃したら nogashitara | — | “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.