倒す (taosu) conjugation
to throw down, to beat
倒す (たおす, taosu) 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 | 倒す taosu | 倒します taoshimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 倒さない taosanai | 倒しません taoshimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 倒した taoshita | 倒しました taoshimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 倒さなかった taosanakatta | 倒しませんでした taoshimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 倒して taoshite | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 倒している taoshiteiru | 倒しています taoshiteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 倒したい taoshitai | 倒したいです taoshitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 倒そう taosou | 倒しましょう taoshimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 倒せる taoseru | 倒せます taosemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 倒される taosareru | 倒されます taosaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 倒させる taosaseru | 倒させます taosasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 倒させられる taosaserareru | 倒させられます taosaseraremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 倒せ taose | 倒してください taoshitekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 倒すな taosuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 倒せば taoseba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 倒したら taoshitara | — | “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.