Conjugation

愛する

あいするaisuru

love

Irregular verb, group 3.

  • 愛さない

    This verb also follows godan verbs in -su: 愛さない is more common than 愛しない, and its potential ends in せる.

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愛しますあいしますaishimasu
    2. negative愛しませんあいしませんaishimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative愛しましたあいしましたaishimashita
    2. negative愛しませんでしたあいしませんでしたaishimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 愛してあいしてaishite
    2. request愛してくださいあいしてくださいaishite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 愛しましょうあいしましょうaishimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative愛したいあいしたいaishitai
    2. negative愛したくないあいしたくないaishitakunai
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愛するあいするaisuru
    2. negative愛さないあいさないaisanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative愛したあいしたaishita
    2. negative愛さなかったあいさなかったaisanakatta

  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愛しているあいしているaishite iru
    2. polite愛していますあいしていますaishite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain愛せるあいせるaiseru
    2. polite愛せますあいせますaisemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 愛したらあいしたらaishitara

  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愛されるあいされるaisareru
    2. polite愛されますあいされますaisaremasu
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. 愛そうあいそうaisō

  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愛せあいせaise
    2. ban愛するなあいするなaisuru 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愛すればあいすればaisureba
    2. negative愛さなければあいさなければaisanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain愛させるあいさせるaisaseru
    2. polite愛させますあいさせますaisasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain愛させられるあいさせられるaisaserareru
    2. polite愛させられますあいさせられますaisaseraremasu