濡らす (nurasu) conjugation
to wet, to soak
濡らす (ぬらす, nurasu) 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 | 濡らす nurasu | 濡らします nurashimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 濡らさない nurasanai | 濡らしません nurashimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 濡らした nurashita | 濡らしました nurashimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 濡らさなかった nurasanakatta | 濡らしませんでした nurashimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 濡らして nurashite | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 濡らしている nurashiteiru | 濡らしています nurashiteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 濡らしたい nurashitai | 濡らしたいです nurashitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 濡らそう nurasou | 濡らしましょう nurashimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 濡らせる nuraseru | 濡らせます nurasemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 濡らされる nurasareru | 濡らされます nurasaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 濡らさせる nurasaseru | 濡らさせます nurasasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 濡らさせられる nurasaserareru | 濡らさせられます nurasaseraremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 濡らせ nurase | 濡らしてください nurashitekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 濡らすな nurasuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 濡らせば nuraseba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 濡らしたら nurashitara | — | “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.