正す

ただすtadasu

correct

Godan verb, group 1, ending -su.

Conjugated like 出す, 探す, 話す, 呼び出す, 見直す, よこす

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正しますただしますtadashimasu
    2. negative正しませんただしませんtadashimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative正しましたただしましたtadashimashita
    2. negative正しませんでしたただしませんでしたtadashimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 正してただしてtadashite
    2. request正してくださいただしてくださいtadashite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 正しましょうただしましょうtadashimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative正したいただしたいtadashitai
    2. negative正したくないただしたくないtadashitakunai
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正すただすtadasu
    2. negative正さないたださないtadasanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative正したただしたtadashita
    2. negative正さなかったたださなかったtadasanakatta

  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正しているただしているtadashite iru
    2. polite正していますただしていますtadashite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain正せるただせるtadaseru
    2. polite正せますただせますtadasemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 正したらただしたらtadashitara

  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正されるただされるtadasareru
    2. polite正されますただされますtadasaremasu
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. 正そうただそうtadasō

  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正せただせtadase
    2. ban正すなただすなtadasu 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正せばただせばtadaseba
    2. negative正さなければたださなければtadasanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain正させるたださせるtadasaseru
    2. polite正させますたださせますtadasasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain正させられるたださせられるtadasaserareru
    2. polite正させられますたださせられますtadasaseraremasu