撃つ (utsu) conjugation
to attack, to shoot
撃つ (うつ, utsu) 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 | 撃つ utsu | 撃ちます uchimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 撃たない utanai | 撃ちません uchimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 撃った utta | 撃ちました uchimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 撃たなかった utanakatta | 撃ちませんでした uchimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 撃って utte | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 撃っている utteiru | 撃っています utteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 撃ちたい uchitai | 撃ちたいです uchitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 撃とう utou | 撃ちましょう uchimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 撃てる uteru | 撃てます utemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 撃たれる utareru | 撃たれます utaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 撃たせる utaseru | 撃たせます utasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 撃たされる utasareru | 撃たされます utasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 撃て ute | 撃ってください uttekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 撃つな utsuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 撃てば uteba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 撃ったら uttara | — | “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.