試す

ためすtamesu

try

Godan verb, group 1, ending -su.

Conjugated like 出す, 探す, 話す, 作り出す, 取り出す, 燃やす

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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試しますためしますtameshimasu
    2. negative試しませんためしませんtameshimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative試しましたためしましたtameshimashita
    2. negative試しませんでしたためしませんでしたtameshimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 試してためしてtameshite
    2. request試してくださいためしてくださいtameshite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 試しましょうためしましょうtameshimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative試したいためしたいtameshitai
    2. negative試したくないためしたくないtameshitakunai
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試すためすtamesu
    2. negative試さないためさないtamesanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative試したためしたtameshita
    2. negative試さなかったためさなかったtamesanakatta

  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試しているためしているtameshite iru
    2. polite試していますためしていますtameshite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain試せるためせるtameseru
    2. polite試せますためせますtamesemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 試したらためしたらtameshitara

  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試されるためされるtamesareru
    2. polite試されますためされますtamesaremasu
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. 試そうためそうtamesō

  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試せためせtamese
    2. ban試すなためすなtamesu 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試せばためせばtameseba
    2. negative試さなければためさなければtamesanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain試させるためさせるtamesaseru
    2. polite試させますためさせますtamesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain試させられるためさせられるtamesaserareru
    2. polite試させられますためさせられますtamesaseraremasu