Conjugation

握手する

あくしゅするakushu suru

shake hands

Irregular verb, group 3, noun + する.

Conjugated like する, 勉強する, 注文する, 採用する, 提案する, 搭乗する

  • Like する

    握手する conjugates like する: only する changes, and its potential is 握手できる.

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握手しますあくしゅしますakushu shimasu
    2. negative握手しませんあくしゅしませんakushu shimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative握手しましたあくしゅしましたakushu shimashita
    2. negative握手しませんでしたあくしゅしませんでしたakushu shimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 握手してあくしゅしてakushu shite
    2. request握手してくださいあくしゅしてくださいakushu shite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 握手しましょうあくしゅしましょうakushu shimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative握手したいあくしゅしたいakushu shitai
    2. negative握手したくないあくしゅしたくないakushu 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握手するあくしゅするakushu suru
    2. negative握手しないあくしゅしないakushu shinai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative握手したあくしゅしたakushu shita
    2. negative握手しなかったあくしゅしなかったakushu 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握手しているあくしゅしているakushu shite iru
    2. polite握手していますあくしゅしていますakushu shite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain握手できるあくしゅできるakushu dekiru
    2. polite握手できますあくしゅできますakushu dekimasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 握手したらあくしゅしたらakushu 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握手されるあくしゅされるakushu sareru
    2. polite握手されますあくしゅされますakushu 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. 握手しようあくしゅしようakushu 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握手しろあくしゅしろakushu shiro
    2. ban握手するなあくしゅするなakushu 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握手すればあくしゅすればakushu sureba
    2. negative握手しなければあくしゅしなければakushu shinakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain握手させるあくしゅさせるakushu saseru
    2. polite握手させますあくしゅさせますakushu 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握手させられるあくしゅさせられるakushu saserareru
    2. polite握手させられますあくしゅさせられますakushu saseraremasu