差す (sasu) conjugation
to raise (stretch out) hands, to raise (e.g., umbrella)
差す (さす, sasu) 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 | 差す sasu | 差します sashimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 差さない sasanai | 差しません sashimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 差した sashita | 差しました sashimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 差さなかった sasanakatta | 差しませんでした sashimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 差して sashite | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 差している sashiteiru | 差しています sashiteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 差したい sashitai | 差したいです sashitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 差そう sasou | 差しましょう sashimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 差せる saseru | 差せます sasemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 差される sasareru | 差されます sasaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 差させる sasaseru | 差させます sasasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 差させられる sasaserareru | 差させられます sasaseraremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 差せ sase | 差してください sashitekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 差すな sasuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 差せば saseba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 差したら sashitara | — | “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.