示す

しめすshimesu

show

Godan verb, group 1, ending -su.

Conjugated like 出す, 探す, 話す, 目指す, 殺す, 起こす

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示しますしめしますshimeshimasu
    2. negative示しませんしめしませんshimeshimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative示しましたしめしましたshimeshimashita
    2. negative示しませんでしたしめしませんでしたshimeshimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 示してしめしてshimeshite
    2. request示してくださいしめしてくださいshimeshite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 示しましょうしめしましょうshimeshimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative示したいしめしたいshimeshitai
    2. negative示したくないしめしたくないshimeshitakunai
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示すしめすshimesu
    2. negative示さないしめさないshimesanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative示したしめしたshimeshita
    2. negative示さなかったしめさなかったshimesanakatta

  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示しているしめしているshimeshite iru
    2. polite示していますしめしていますshimeshite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain示せるしめせるshimeseru
    2. polite示せますしめせますshimesemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 示したらしめしたらshimeshitara

  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示されるしめされるshimesareru
    2. polite示されますしめされますshimesaremasu
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. 示そうしめそうshimesō

  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示せしめせshimese
    2. ban示すなしめすなshimesu 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示せばしめせばshimeseba
    2. negative示さなければしめさなければshimesanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain示させるしめさせるshimesaseru
    2. polite示させますしめさせますshimesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain示させられるしめさせられるshimesaserareru
    2. polite示させられますしめさせられますshimesaseraremasu