Conjugation

過ごす

すごすsugosu

spend

Godan verb, group 1, ending -su.

Conjugated like 出す, 探す, 話す, 起こす, 許す, 繰り返す

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過ごしますすごしますsugoshimasu
    2. negative過ごしませんすごしませんsugoshimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative過ごしましたすごしましたsugoshimashita
    2. negative過ごしませんでしたすごしませんでしたsugoshimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 過ごしてすごしてsugoshite
    2. request過ごしてくださいすごしてくださいsugoshite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 過ごしましょうすごしましょうsugoshimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative過ごしたいすごしたいsugoshitai
    2. negative過ごしたくないすごしたくないsugoshitakunai
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過ごすすごすsugosu
    2. negative過ごさないすごさないsugosanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative過ごしたすごしたsugoshita
    2. negative過ごさなかったすごさなかったsugosanakatta

  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過ごしているすごしているsugoshite iru
    2. polite過ごしていますすごしていますsugoshite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain過ごせるすごせるsugoseru
    2. polite過ごせますすごせますsugosemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 過ごしたらすごしたらsugoshitara

  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過ごされるすごされるsugosareru
    2. polite過ごされますすごされますsugosaremasu
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. 過ごそうすごそうsugosō

  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過ごせすごせsugose
    2. ban過ごすなすごすなsugosu 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過ごせばすごせばsugoseba
    2. negative過ごさなければすごさなければsugosanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain過ごさせるすごさせるsugosaseru
    2. polite過ごさせますすごさせますsugosasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain過ごさせられるすごさせられるsugosaserareru
    2. polite過ごさせられますすごさせられますsugosaseraremasu