指す

さすsasu

point

Godan verb, group 1, ending -su.

Conjugated like 出す, 探す, 話す, 諭す, 追い越す, 書き直す

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指しますさしますsashimasu
    2. negative指しませんさしませんsashimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative指しましたさしましたsashimashita
    2. negative指しませんでしたさしませんでしたsashimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 指してさしてsashite
    2. request指してくださいさしてくださいsashite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 指しましょうさしましょうsashimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative指したいさしたいsashitai
    2. negative指したくないさしたくないsashitakunai
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指すさすsasu
    2. negative指さないささないsasanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative指したさしたsashita
    2. negative指さなかったささなかったsasanakatta

  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指しているさしているsashite iru
    2. polite指していますさしていますsashite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain指せるさせるsaseru
    2. polite指せますさせますsasemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 指したらさしたらsashitara

  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指されるさされるsasareru
    2. polite指されますさされますsasaremasu
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. 指そうさそうsasō

  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指せさせsase
    2. ban指すなさすなsasu 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指せばさせばsaseba
    2. negative指さなければささなければsasanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain指させるささせるsasaseru
    2. polite指させますささせますsasasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain指させられるささせられるsasaserareru
    2. polite指させられますささせられますsasaseraremasu