For pronunciation and definitions of だす – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, だす (dasu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) |
Likely from で + やす. See further etymology at です.
Traditional polite form of the auxiliary verb だ; compare です, である. Largely obsolete since the Meiji period, but still used in dialects of the Osaka area.
Stem forms | ||||
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Imperfective (未然形) | でしょ では |
desho de wa | ||
Continuative (連用形) | だし | dashi | ||
Terminal (終止形) | だす | dasu | ||
Attributive (連体形) | だす | dasu | ||
Hypothetical (仮定形) | - | - | ||
Imperative (命令形) | - | - | ||
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | - | - | ||
Causative | - | - | ||
Potential | - | - | ||
Volitional | でしょう | deshō | ||
Negative | ではない じゃない¹ でない |
de wa nai ja nai¹ de nai | ||
Negative continuative | ではなくて じゃなくて¹ |
de wa nakute ja nakute¹ | ||
Formal | - | - | ||
Perfective | だした | dashita | ||
Conjunctive | だして | dashite | ||
Hypothetical conditional | - | - | ||
¹ Colloquial contraction |
Shift from だつ (datsu).