Conjugation

覚ます

さますsamasu

wake

Godan verb, group 1, ending -su.

Conjugated like 出す, 探す, 話す, 訳す, 動き出す, 映す

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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覚ましますさましますsamashimasu
    2. negative覚ましませんさましませんsamashimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative覚ましましたさましましたsamashimashita
    2. negative覚ましませんでしたさましませんでしたsamashimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 覚ましてさましてsamashite
    2. request覚ましてくださいさましてくださいsamashite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 覚ましましょうさましましょうsamashimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative覚ましたいさましたいsamashitai
    2. negative覚ましたくないさましたくないsamashitakunai
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覚ますさますsamasu
    2. negative覚まさないさまさないsamasanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative覚ましたさましたsamashita
    2. negative覚まさなかったさまさなかったsamasanakatta

  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覚ましているさましているsamashite iru
    2. polite覚ましていますさましていますsamashite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain覚ませるさませるsamaseru
    2. polite覚ませますさませますsamasemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 覚ましたらさましたらsamashitara

  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覚まされるさまされるsamasareru
    2. polite覚まされますさまされますsamasaremasu
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. 覚まそうさまそうsamasō

  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覚ませさませsamase
    2. ban覚ますなさますなsamasu 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覚ませばさませばsamaseba
    2. negative覚まさなければさまさなければsamasanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain覚まさせるさまさせるsamasaseru
    2. polite覚まさせますさまさせますsamasasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain覚まさせられるさまさせられるsamasaserareru
    2. polite覚まさせられますさまさせられますsamasaseraremasu