記す (shirusu) conjugation
to note, to write down
記す (しるす, shirusu) 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 | 記す shirusu | 記します shirushimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 記さない shirusanai | 記しません shirushimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 記した shirushita | 記しました shirushimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 記さなかった shirusanakatta | 記しませんでした shirushimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 記して shirushite | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 記している shirushiteiru | 記しています shirushiteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 記したい shirushitai | 記したいです shirushitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 記そう shirusou | 記しましょう shirushimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 記せる shiruseru | 記せます shirusemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 記される shirusareru | 記されます shirusaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 記させる shirusaseru | 記させます shirusasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 記させられる shirusaserareru | 記させられます shirusaseraremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 記せ shiruse | 記してください shirushitekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 記すな shirusuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 記せば shiruseba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 記したら shirushitara | — | “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.