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