覚ます (samasu) conjugation
to awaken
覚ます (さます, samasu) 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 | 覚ます samasu | 覚まします samashimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 覚まさない samasanai | 覚ましません samashimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 覚ました samashita | 覚ましました samashimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 覚まさなかった samasanakatta | 覚ましませんでした samashimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 覚まして samashite | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 覚ましている samashiteiru | 覚ましています samashiteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 覚ましたい samashitai | 覚ましたいです samashitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 覚まそう samasou | 覚ましましょう samashimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 覚ませる samaseru | 覚ませます samasemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 覚まされる samasareru | 覚まされます samasaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 覚まさせる samasaseru | 覚まさせます samasasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 覚まさせられる samasaserareru | 覚まさせられます samasaseraremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 覚ませ samase | 覚ましてください samashitekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 覚ますな samasuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 覚ませば samaseba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 覚ましたら samashitara | — | “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.