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鳴らす

to sound

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Conjugation of 鳴らす

This verb follows the godan conjugation pattern. This verb can also mean the following: honk, ring, twang
私/俺
Present informal tense
鳴らす
narasu
I sound
Present informal negative tense
鳴らさない
narasanai
I don't sound
Present formal tense
鳴らします
narashimasu
I sound
Present formal negative tense
鳴らしません
narashimasen
I do not sound
私/俺
Past informal tense
鳴らした
narashita
I sounded
Past informal negative tense
鳴らさなかった
narasanakatta
I didn't sound
Past formal tense
鳴らしました
narashimashita
I sound
Past formal negative tense
鳴らしませんでした
narashimasen deshita
I did not sound
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
鳴らせ
narase
sound
Imperative negative mood
鳴らすな
narasu na
don't sound
Imperative formal mood
鳴らしてください
narashite kudasai
please sound
Imperative formal negative mood
鳴らさないでください
narasanai dekudasai
please do not sound
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
鳴らして
narashite
sound
Passive stem
鳴らされる
narasareru
sounded
Hypothetical tense
鳴らせ
narase
if I sounded
Hypothetical conditional stem
鳴らせば
naraseba
sounded
私/俺
Volitional stem
鳴らそう
narasō
will sound
Potential stem
鳴らせる
naraseru
sounded
Continuative stem
鳴らし
narashi
sounding
Causative stem
鳴らさせる
narasaseru
allow to sound
私/俺
Imperfective stem
鳴らさ
narasa
sound

Examples of 鳴らす

ベル 鳴らして くれないか？

Could you get the doorbell, please?

鳴らせ！

Ring it!

鳴らせば

Tell me two things about your day or I'm gonna hit the truth horn.