Conjugation

起こす

おこすokosu

wake

Godan verb, group 1, ending -su.

Conjugated like 出す, 探す, 話す, 殺す, 示す, 許す

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起こしますおこしますokoshimasu
    2. negative起こしませんおこしませんokoshimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative起こしましたおこしましたokoshimashita
    2. negative起こしませんでしたおこしませんでしたokoshimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 起こしておこしてokoshite
    2. request起こしてくださいおこしてくださいokoshite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 起こしましょうおこしましょうokoshimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative起こしたいおこしたいokoshitai
    2. negative起こしたくないおこしたくないokoshitakunai
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起こすおこすokosu
    2. negative起こさないおこさないokosanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative起こしたおこしたokoshita
    2. negative起こさなかったおこさなかったokosanakatta

  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起こしているおこしているokoshite iru
    2. polite起こしていますおこしていますokoshite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain起こせるおこせるokoseru
    2. polite起こせますおこせますokosemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 起こしたらおこしたらokoshitara

  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起こされるおこされるokosareru
    2. polite起こされますおこされますokosaremasu
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. 起こそうおこそうokosō

  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起こせおこせokose
    2. ban起こすなおこすなokosu 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起こせばおこせばokoseba
    2. negative起こさなければおこさなければokosanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain起こさせるおこさせるokosaseru
    2. polite起こさせますおこさせますokosasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain起こさせられるおこさせられるokosaserareru
    2. polite起こさせられますおこさせられますokosaseraremasu