成功する

せいこうするseikō suru

succeed

Irregular verb, group 3, noun + する.

Conjugated like する, 勉強する, 注文する, 尊敬する, 就職する, 投票する

  • Like する

    成功する conjugates like する: only する changes, and its potential is 成功できる.

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成功しますせいこうしますseikō shimasu
    2. negative成功しませんせいこうしませんseikō shimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative成功しましたせいこうしましたseikō shimashita
    2. negative成功しませんでしたせいこうしませんでしたseikō shimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 成功してせいこうしてseikō shite
    2. request成功してくださいせいこうしてくださいseikō shite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 成功しましょうせいこうしましょうseikō shimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative成功したいせいこうしたいseikō shitai
    2. negative成功したくないせいこうしたくないseikō shitakunai
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成功するせいこうするseikō suru
    2. negative成功しないせいこうしないseikō shinai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative成功したせいこうしたseikō shita
    2. negative成功しなかったせいこうしなかったseikō shinakatta

  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成功しているせいこうしているseikō shite iru
    2. polite成功していますせいこうしていますseikō shite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain成功できるせいこうできるseikō dekiru
    2. polite成功できますせいこうできますseikō dekimasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 成功したらせいこうしたらseikō shitara

  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成功されるせいこうされるseikō sareru
    2. polite成功されますせいこうされますseikō saremasu
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. 成功しようせいこうしようseikō shiyō

  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成功しろせいこうしろseikō shiro
    2. ban成功するなせいこうするなseikō suru 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成功すればせいこうすればseikō sureba
    2. negative成功しなければせいこうしなければseikō shinakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain成功させるせいこうさせるseikō saseru
    2. polite成功させますせいこうさせますseikō sasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain成功させられるせいこうさせられるseikō saserareru
    2. polite成功させられますせいこうさせられますseikō saseraremasu