属する (zokusuru) conjugation
to belong to, to come under
属する (ぞくする, zokusuru) is an irregular verb. Only する and 来る are truly irregular, and every learner meets them in week one. 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 | 属する zokusuru | 属します zokushimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 属しない zokushinai | 属しません zokushimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 属した zokushita | 属しました zokushimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 属しなかった zokushinakatta | 属しませんでした zokushimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 属して zokushite | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 属している zokushiteiru | 属しています zokushiteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 属したい zokushitai | 属したいです zokushitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 属しよう zokushiyou | 属しましょう zokushimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 属できる zokudekiru | 属できます zokudekimasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 属される zokusareru | 属されます zokusaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 属させる zokusaseru | 属させます zokusasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 属させられる zokusaserareru | 属させられます zokusaseraremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 属しろ zokushiro | 属してください zokushitekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 属するな zokusuruna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 属すれば zokusureba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 属したら zokushitara | — | “if / when ~”. The everyday conditional. |
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Why it conjugates this way
Only する and 来る are truly irregular, and every learner meets them in week one.
See the full rules on the verb conjugation guide.