取り戻す (torimodosu) conjugation
to take back, to regain
取り戻す (とりもどす, torimodosu) 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 | 取り戻す torimodosu | 取り戻します torimodoshimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 取り戻さない torimodosanai | 取り戻しません torimodoshimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 取り戻した torimodoshita | 取り戻しました torimodoshimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 取り戻さなかった torimodosanakatta | 取り戻しませんでした torimodoshimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 取り戻して torimodoshite | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 取り戻している torimodoshiteiru | 取り戻しています torimodoshiteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 取り戻したい torimodoshitai | 取り戻したいです torimodoshitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 取り戻そう torimodosou | 取り戻しましょう torimodoshimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 取り戻せる torimodoseru | 取り戻せます torimodosemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 取り戻される torimodosareru | 取り戻されます torimodosaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 取り戻させる torimodosaseru | 取り戻させます torimodosasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 取り戻させられる torimodosaserareru | 取り戻させられます torimodosaseraremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 取り戻せ torimodose | 取り戻してください torimodoshitekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 取り戻すな torimodosuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 取り戻せば torimodoseba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 取り戻したら torimodoshitara | — | “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.