Conjugation

想像する

そうぞうするsōzō suru

imagine

Irregular verb, group 3, noun + する.

Conjugated like する, 勉強する, 注文する, 吸収する, 後悔する, 投稿する

  • Like する

    想像する conjugates like する: only する changes, and its potential is 想像できる.

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想像しますそうぞうしますsōzō shimasu
    2. negative想像しませんそうぞうしませんsōzō shimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative想像しましたそうぞうしましたsōzō shimashita
    2. negative想像しませんでしたそうぞうしませんでしたsōzō shimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 想像してそうぞうしてsōzō shite
    2. request想像してくださいそうぞうしてくださいsōzō shite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 想像しましょうそうぞうしましょうsōzō shimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative想像したいそうぞうしたいsōzō shitai
    2. negative想像したくないそうぞうしたくないsōzō shitakunai
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想像するそうぞうするsōzō suru
    2. negative想像しないそうぞうしないsōzō shinai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative想像したそうぞうしたsōzō shita
    2. negative想像しなかったそうぞうしなかったsōzō shinakatta

  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想像しているそうぞうしているsōzō shite iru
    2. polite想像していますそうぞうしていますsōzō shite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain想像できるそうぞうできるsōzō dekiru
    2. polite想像できますそうぞうできますsōzō dekimasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 想像したらそうぞうしたらsōzō shitara

  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想像されるそうぞうされるsōzō sareru
    2. polite想像されますそうぞうされますsōzō saremasu
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. 想像しようそうぞうしようsōzō shiyō

  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想像しろそうぞうしろsōzō shiro
    2. ban想像するなそうぞうするなsōzō suru 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想像すればそうぞうすればsōzō sureba
    2. negative想像しなければそうぞうしなければsōzō shinakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain想像させるそうぞうさせるsōzō saseru
    2. polite想像させますそうぞうさせますsōzō sasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain想像させられるそうぞうさせられるsōzō saserareru
    2. polite想像させられますそうぞうさせられますsōzō saseraremasu