Conjugation

伏せる

ふせるfuseru

turn face down

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 差し上げる, 落ち着ける, 煎じる

Newbie

The polite forms to talk about now, the future, and the past, and the te-form of requests.

  1. Polite present · -masu

    What you do, usually or soon, said politely. Japanese has one form for the present and the future.

    1. affirmative伏せますふせますfusemasu
    2. negative伏せませんふせませんfusemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

    What you did, or did not do, said politely.

    1. affirmative伏せましたふせましたfusemashita
    2. negative伏せませんでしたふせませんでしたfusemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

    Links actions (and then…), and with ください asks politely.

    1. 伏せてふせてfusete
    2. request伏せてくださいふせてくださいfusete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 伏せましょうふせましょうfusemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

    What you want to do. Add です to be polite.

    1. affirmative伏せたいふせたいfusetai
    2. negative伏せたくないふせたくないfusetakunai
BeginnerThe plain forms of everyday speech, what is going on, what you can do, conditions, and the passive.Plain present · dictionary form · Plain past · -ta · Ongoing · -te iru · Potential · If, when · -tara · PassiveAlso show the Beginner forms (6)

  1. Plain present · dictionary form

    Between friends and family, and before a noun or many phrases. It also says the future.

    1. affirmative伏せるふせるfuseru
    2. negative伏せないふせないfusenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

    The past between friends and family, and before a noun.

    1. affirmative伏せたふせたfuseta
    2. negative伏せなかったふせなかったfusenakatta

  3. Ongoing · -te iru

    What is going on now, a habit, or a state that lasts: 結婚している, to be married.

    1. plain伏せているふせているfusete iru
    2. polite伏せていますふせていますfusete imasu

  4. Potential

    What you can do. Its object often takes が: 日本語が話せる.

    1. plain伏せられるふせられるfuserareru
    2. polite伏せられますふせられますfuseraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

    If or once something happens, and what you found when it did.

    1. 伏せたらふせたらfusetara

  6. Passive

    What is done to someone, often to their regret: に marks who does it. It is also a respectful way to speak of others.

    1. plain伏せられるふせられるfuserareru
    2. polite伏せられますふせられますfuseraremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passiveAlso show the Intermediate forms (5)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

    Let’s, between friends; with と思う, what you intend to do.

    1. 伏せようふせようfuseyō

  2. Command

    A blunt order or ban (〜な), heard in sports, on signs, and between men. Politely, say 〜てください.

    1. order伏せろふせろfusero
    2. ban伏せるなふせるなfuseru na

  3. Condition · -ba

    If…: the condition for what follows. In the negative, it also says what you must do: 〜なければならない.

    1. affirmative伏せればふせればfusereba
    2. negative伏せなければふせなければfusenakereba

  4. Causative

    Making or letting someone do something: に or を marks who does it.

    1. plain伏せさせるふせさせるfusesaseru
    2. polite伏せさせますふせさせますfusesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

    Being made to do something you did not want to. In speech, godan verbs often shorten -aserareru to -asareru.

    1. plain伏せさせられるふせさせられるfusesaserareru
    2. polite伏せさせられますふせさせられますfusesaseraremasu