Conjugation

指さす

ゆびさすyubisasu

point

Godan verb, group 1, ending -su.

Conjugated like 出す, 探す, 話す, 裏返す, 切り倒す, はみ出す

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指さしますゆびさしますyubisashimasu
    2. negative指さしませんゆびさしませんyubisashimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative指さしましたゆびさしましたyubisashimashita
    2. negative指さしませんでしたゆびさしませんでしたyubisashimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 指さしてゆびさしてyubisashite
    2. request指さしてくださいゆびさしてくださいyubisashite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 指さしましょうゆびさしましょうyubisashimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative指さしたいゆびさしたいyubisashitai
    2. negative指さしたくないゆびさしたくないyubisashitakunai
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指さすゆびさすyubisasu
    2. negative指ささないゆびささないyubisasanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative指さしたゆびさしたyubisashita
    2. negative指ささなかったゆびささなかったyubisasanakatta

  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指さしているゆびさしているyubisashite iru
    2. polite指さしていますゆびさしていますyubisashite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain指させるゆびさせるyubisaseru
    2. polite指させますゆびさせますyubisasemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 指さしたらゆびさしたらyubisashitara

  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指さされるゆびさされるyubisasareru
    2. polite指さされますゆびさされますyubisasaremasu
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. 指さそうゆびさそうyubisasō

  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指させゆびさせyubisase
    2. ban指さすなゆびさすなyubisasu 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指させばゆびさせばyubisaseba
    2. negative指ささなければゆびささなければyubisasanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain指ささせるゆびささせるyubisasaseru
    2. polite指ささせますゆびささせますyubisasasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain指ささせられるゆびささせられるyubisasaserareru
    2. polite指ささせられますゆびささせられますyubisasaseraremasu