指差す (yubisasu) conjugation
to point at
指差す (ゆびさす, yubisasu) 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 | 指差す yubisasu | 指差します yubisashimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 指差さない yubisasanai | 指差しません yubisashimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 指差した yubisashita | 指差しました yubisashimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 指差さなかった yubisasanakatta | 指差しませんでした yubisashimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 指差して yubisashite | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 指差している yubisashiteiru | 指差しています yubisashiteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 指差したい yubisashitai | 指差したいです yubisashitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 指差そう yubisasou | 指差しましょう yubisashimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 指差せる yubisaseru | 指差せます yubisasemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 指差される yubisasareru | 指差されます yubisasaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 指差させる yubisasaseru | 指差させます yubisasasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 指差させられる yubisasaserareru | 指差させられます yubisasaseraremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 指差せ yubisase | 指差してください yubisashitekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 指差すな yubisasuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 指差せば yubisaseba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 指差したら yubisashitara | — | “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.