映す (utsusu) conjugation
to project, to reflect, to cast (shadow)
映す (うつす, utsusu) 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 | 映す utsusu | 映します utsushimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 映さない utsusanai | 映しません utsushimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 映した utsushita | 映しました utsushimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 映さなかった utsusanakatta | 映しませんでした utsushimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 映して utsushite | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 映している utsushiteiru | 映しています utsushiteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 映したい utsushitai | 映したいです utsushitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 映そう utsusou | 映しましょう utsushimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 映せる utsuseru | 映せます utsusemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 映される utsusareru | 映されます utsusaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 映させる utsusaseru | 映させます utsusasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 映させられる utsusaserareru | 映させられます utsusaseraremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 映せ utsuse | 映してください utsushitekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 映すな utsusuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 映せば utsuseba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 映したら utsushitara | — | “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.