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JAPANESE VERB

おとす

落とす

to drop, to lose

  • #114 most used
  • Godan verb (u-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI drop
NegativeI don’t drop

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI dropped
NegativeI didn’t drop

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formdropping, and…
Doing now (て います)I am dropping
Please (て ください)please drop

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can drop
NegativeI can’t drop

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to drop
NegativeI don’t want to drop

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s drop

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I drop
  2. If, when (たら) if I drop

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) drop (do it)
  2. Plain command drop!
  3. Please don’t please don’t drop

Passive and causative

受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am dropped
CausativeI make someone drop

How to use おとす

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present and future

    ベン は よく さいふ を おとします。

    Ben often drops his wallet.

  2. Past

    でんしゃ で てぶくろ を おとした。

    I dropped a glove on the train.

  3. Te-form

    スマホ を おとして、 がめん が われた。

    I dropped my phone and the screen cracked.

  4. Potential

    もう すこし スピード を おとせます か？

    Could you slow down a little?

  5. Want to

    なつ まで に にキロ おとしたい。

    I want to lose two kilos by summer.

  6. Volitional

    こえ を おとそう。 あかちゃん が ねて いる。

    Let's lower our voices. The baby's sleeping.

  7. Conditional

    かぎ を おとしたら、 すぐ しらせて ね。

    If you drop your key, let me know right away.

  8. Commands and requests

    ごみ を みち に おとさないで ください。

    Please don't drop litter on the street.

  9. Passive and causative

    こども に コップ を おとされた。

    My kid dropped a glass on me.

Good to know

  • おとす is to lose something by dropping it on the way; なくす is to lose it anywhere.

Where you hear おとす

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Japanese · Intermediate Level 1

  • ベン は よく さいふ を おとす。 Ben often drops his wallet.
  • しぶや で きっぷ を おとした。 I dropped my ticket in Shibuya.
  • その まま だ と、 おとす よ。 Like that, you'll drop it.
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Shibuya

Intermediate Level 1 · おとした

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).