おっしゃる

ossharu

say

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru, verb of respect.

Conjugated like くださる, ござる, なさる, いらっしゃる

  • おっしゃいます

    The honorific verbs in -aru (いらっしゃる, おっしゃる, くださる, なさる, ござる) take い before ます and in the command: おっしゃいます, おっしゃい.

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おっしゃいますosshaimasu
    2. negativeおっしゃいませんosshaimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmativeおっしゃいましたosshaimashita
    2. negativeおっしゃいませんでしたosshaimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. おっしゃってosshatte
    2. requestおっしゃってくださいosshatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. おっしゃいましょうosshaimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmativeおっしゃいたいosshaitai
    2. negativeおっしゃいたくないosshaitakunai
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おっしゃるossharu
    2. negativeおっしゃらないossharanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmativeおっしゃったosshatta
    2. negativeおっしゃらなかったossharanakatta

  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おっしゃっているosshatte iru
    2. politeおっしゃっていますosshatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plainおっしゃれるosshareru
    2. politeおっしゃれますossharemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. おっしゃったらosshattara

  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おっしゃられるossharareru
    2. politeおっしゃられますosshararemasu
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. おっしゃろうossharō

  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おっしゃいosshai
    2. banおっしゃるなossharu 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おっしゃればosshareba
    2. negativeおっしゃらなければossharanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plainおっしゃらせるossharaseru
    2. politeおっしゃらせますossharasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plainおっしゃらせられるossharaserareru
    2. politeおっしゃらせられますossharaseraremasu