Godan verb (つ)
討つうつ
utsuAlso read うつ: 打つ (hit), 撃つ (shoot). All 3 words
討つ (うつ, utsu) — to attack — is a godan verb ending in つ: 討って (te-form), 討った (past), 討たない (negative), 討ちます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to destroy; to defeat.
How 討つ conjugates · godan つ-verb
Only the last kana changes: つ becomes た, ち, て or と.
Which one depends on the ending. The five are one line of the hiragana chart — same consonant, vowels あ・い・う・え・お — and everything before that kana never changes.
た討たないnegative
ち討ちますpolite present
つ討つdictionary form
て討てるpotential討てばif
と討とうvolitional
The て and た forms · つ → って, った
っ討ってte-form討ったpast
The て and た forms are the only two that don't follow this pattern. Every う-, つ- and る-verb has the same って there.
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PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 討つ うつ utsu | |
| past I struck someone down. | 討った うった utta | |
| negative I don't strike anyone down. | 討たない うたない utanai | |
| te-form I attack someone and … | 討って うって utte | |
| past negative I didn't strike anyone down. | 討たなかった うたなかった utanakatta | |
| volitional Let's strike them down. | 討とう うとう utou | |
| potential I can strike them down. | 討てる うてる uteru | |
| cond. ば If I strike them down, ... | 討てば うてば uteba | |
| cond. たら When I strike them down, ... | 討ったら うったら uttara | |
| passive N2 I get struck down. | 討たれる うたれる utareru | |
| causative N2 I make someone strike them down. | 討たせる うたせる utaseru | |
| imperative N1 Strike them down! | 討て うて ute |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 討ちます うちます uchimasu | |
| past I struck someone down. | 討ちました うちました uchimashita | |
| negative I don't strike anyone down. | 討ちません うちません uchimasen | |
| past negative I didn't strike anyone down. | 討ちませんでした うちませんでした uchimasendeshita | |
| volitional Let's strike them down. | 討ちましょう うちましょう uchimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I'm striking them down. | 討っている うっている utteiru | |
| ていた | 討っていた うっていた utteita | |
| ています I'm striking them down. | 討っています うっています utteimasu | |
| ていました | 討っていました うっていました utteimashita |