諭す
さとす · satosu
To make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.), to reason with, to advise, to try to persuade, to exhort, to admonish, to warn (against doing)
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 諭しますさとします |
| Polite negative (ません) | 諭しませんさとしません |
| Polite past (ました) | 諭しましたさとしました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 諭しませんでしたさとしませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 諭しましょうさとしましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 諭しさとし |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 諭したいさとしたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 諭しながらさとしながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 諭してさとして |
| Plain past (た形) | 諭したさとした |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 諭したらさとしたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 諭しているさとしている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 諭さないさとさない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 諭さなかったさとさなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 諭さなくてさとさなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 諭せるさとせる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 諭せばさとせば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 諭せさとせ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 諭そうさとそう |
| Passive (受身形) | 諭されるさとされる |
| Causative (使役形) | 諭させるさとさせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 諭させられるさとさせられる |
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What does 諭す mean?
To make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.), to reason with, to advise, to try to persuade, to exhort, to admonish, to warn (against doing).
How do you pronounce 諭す?
さとす (satosu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
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