示す (shimesu) conjugation
to show, to indicate
示す (しめす, shimesu) 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 | 示す shimesu | 示します shimeshimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 示さない shimesanai | 示しません shimeshimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 示した shimeshita | 示しました shimeshimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 示さなかった shimesanakatta | 示しませんでした shimeshimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 示して shimeshite | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 示している shimeshiteiru | 示しています shimeshiteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 示したい shimeshitai | 示したいです shimeshitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 示そう shimesou | 示しましょう shimeshimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 示せる shimeseru | 示せます shimesemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 示される shimesareru | 示されます shimesaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 示させる shimesaseru | 示させます shimesasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 示させられる shimesaserareru | 示させられます shimesaseraremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 示せ shimese | 示してください shimeshitekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 示すな shimesuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 示せば shimeseba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 示したら shimeshitara | — | “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.