吸う

すうsuu

smoke

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 願う, 奪う, 従う

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吸いますすいますsuimasu
    2. negative吸いませんすいませんsuimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative吸いましたすいましたsuimashita
    2. negative吸いませんでしたすいませんでしたsuimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 吸ってすってsutte
    2. request吸ってくださいすってくださいsutte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 吸いましょうすいましょうsuimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative吸いたいすいたいsuitai
    2. negative吸いたくないすいたくないsuitakunai
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吸うすうsuu
    2. negative吸わないすわないsuwanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative吸ったすったsutta
    2. negative吸わなかったすわなかったsuwanakatta

  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吸っているすっているsutte iru
    2. polite吸っていますすっていますsutte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain吸えるすえるsueru
    2. polite吸えますすえますsuemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 吸ったらすったらsuttara

  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吸われるすわれるsuwareru
    2. polite吸われますすわれますsuwaremasu
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. 吸おうすおうsuō

  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吸えすえsue
    2. ban吸うなすうなsuu 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吸えばすえばsueba
    2. negative吸わなければすわなければsuwanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain吸わせるすわせるsuwaseru
    2. polite吸わせますすわせますsuwasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain吸わせられるすわせられるsuwaserareru
    2. polite吸わせられますすわせられますsuwaseraremasu