干す

ほすhosu

hang out to dry

Godan verb, group 1, ending -su.

Conjugated like 出す, 探す, 話す, さらけ出す, やり返す, 引き返す

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干しますほしますhoshimasu
    2. negative干しませんほしませんhoshimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative干しましたほしましたhoshimashita
    2. negative干しませんでしたほしませんでしたhoshimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 干してほしてhoshite
    2. request干してくださいほしてくださいhoshite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 干しましょうほしましょうhoshimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative干したいほしたいhoshitai
    2. negative干したくないほしたくないhoshitakunai
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干すほすhosu
    2. negative干さないほさないhosanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative干したほしたhoshita
    2. negative干さなかったほさなかったhosanakatta

  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干しているほしているhoshite iru
    2. polite干していますほしていますhoshite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain干せるほせるhoseru
    2. polite干せますほせますhosemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 干したらほしたらhoshitara

  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干されるほされるhosareru
    2. polite干されますほされますhosaremasu
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. 干そうほそうhosō

  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干せほせhose
    2. ban干すなほすなhosu 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干せばほせばhoseba
    2. negative干さなければほさなければhosanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain干させるほさせるhosaseru
    2. polite干させますほさせますhosasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain干させられるほさせられるhosaserareru
    2. polite干させられますほさせられますhosaseraremasu