Conjugation

掃除する

そうじするsōji suru

clean

Irregular verb, group 3, noun + する.

Conjugated like する, 勉強する, 注文する, 復習する, 感謝する, 真似する

  • Like する

    掃除する conjugates like する: only する changes, and its potential is 掃除できる.

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掃除しますそうじしますsōji shimasu
    2. negative掃除しませんそうじしませんsōji shimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative掃除しましたそうじしましたsōji shimashita
    2. negative掃除しませんでしたそうじしませんでしたsōji shimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 掃除してそうじしてsōji shite
    2. request掃除してくださいそうじしてくださいsōji shite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 掃除しましょうそうじしましょうsōji shimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative掃除したいそうじしたいsōji shitai
    2. negative掃除したくないそうじしたくないsōji 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掃除するそうじするsōji suru
    2. negative掃除しないそうじしないsōji shinai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative掃除したそうじしたsōji shita
    2. negative掃除しなかったそうじしなかったsōji 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掃除しているそうじしているsōji shite iru
    2. polite掃除していますそうじしていますsōji shite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain掃除できるそうじできるsōji dekiru
    2. polite掃除できますそうじできますsōji dekimasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 掃除したらそうじしたらsōji 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掃除されるそうじされるsōji sareru
    2. polite掃除されますそうじされますsōji 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. 掃除しようそうじしようsōji 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掃除しろそうじしろsōji shiro
    2. ban掃除するなそうじするなsōji 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掃除すればそうじすればsōji sureba
    2. negative掃除しなければそうじしなければsōji shinakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain掃除させるそうじさせるsōji saseru
    2. polite掃除させますそうじさせますsōji 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掃除させられるそうじさせられるsōji saserareru
    2. polite掃除させられますそうじさせられますsōji saseraremasu