救う

すくうsukuu

save

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 構う, 付き合う, 誘う

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救いますすくいますsukuimasu
    2. negative救いませんすくいませんsukuimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative救いましたすくいましたsukuimashita
    2. negative救いませんでしたすくいませんでしたsukuimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 救ってすくってsukutte
    2. request救ってくださいすくってくださいsukutte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 救いましょうすくいましょうsukuimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative救いたいすくいたいsukuitai
    2. negative救いたくないすくいたくないsukuitakunai
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救うすくうsukuu
    2. negative救わないすくわないsukuwanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative救ったすくったsukutta
    2. negative救わなかったすくわなかったsukuwanakatta

  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救っているすくっているsukutte iru
    2. polite救っていますすくっていますsukutte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain救えるすくえるsukueru
    2. polite救えますすくえますsukuemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 救ったらすくったらsukuttara

  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救われるすくわれるsukuwareru
    2. polite救われますすくわれますsukuwaremasu
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. 救おうすくおうsukuō

  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救えすくえsukue
    2. ban救うなすくうなsukuu 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救えばすくえばsukueba
    2. negative救わなければすくわなければsukuwanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain救わせるすくわせるsukuwaseru
    2. polite救わせますすくわせますsukuwasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain救わせられるすくわせられるsukuwaserareru
    2. polite救わせられますすくわせられますsukuwaseraremasu