動かす (ugokasu) conjugation
to move, to shift
動かす (うごかす, ugokasu) 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 | 動かす ugokasu | 動かします ugokashimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 動かさない ugokasanai | 動かしません ugokashimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 動かした ugokashita | 動かしました ugokashimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 動かさなかった ugokasanakatta | 動かしませんでした ugokashimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 動かして ugokashite | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 動かしている ugokashiteiru | 動かしています ugokashiteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 動かしたい ugokashitai | 動かしたいです ugokashitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 動かそう ugokasou | 動かしましょう ugokashimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 動かせる ugokaseru | 動かせます ugokasemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 動かされる ugokasareru | 動かされます ugokasaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 動かさせる ugokasaseru | 動かさせます ugokasasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 動かさせられる ugokasaserareru | 動かさせられます ugokasaseraremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 動かせ ugokase | 動かしてください ugokashitekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 動かすな ugokasuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 動かせば ugokaseba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 動かしたら ugokashitara | — | “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.