消す

けすkesu

extinguish

Godan verb, group 1, ending -su.

Conjugated like 出す, 探す, 話す, 倒す, 渡す, 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消しますけしますkeshimasu
    2. negative消しませんけしませんkeshimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative消しましたけしましたkeshimashita
    2. negative消しませんでしたけしませんでしたkeshimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 消してけしてkeshite
    2. request消してくださいけしてくださいkeshite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 消しましょうけしましょうkeshimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative消したいけしたいkeshitai
    2. negative消したくないけしたくないkeshitakunai
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消すけすkesu
    2. negative消さないけさないkesanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative消したけしたkeshita
    2. negative消さなかったけさなかったkesanakatta

  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消しているけしているkeshite iru
    2. polite消していますけしていますkeshite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain消せるけせるkeseru
    2. polite消せますけせますkesemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 消したらけしたらkeshitara

  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消されるけされるkesareru
    2. polite消されますけされますkesaremasu
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. 消そうけそうkesō

  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消せけせkese
    2. ban消すなけすなkesu 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消せばけせばkeseba
    2. negative消さなければけさなければkesanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain消させるけさせるkesaseru
    2. polite消させますけさせますkesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain消させられるけさせられるkesaserareru
    2. polite消させられますけさせられますkesaseraremasu