掃除
そうじ (する)
cleaning, sweeping
Soujisuru (掃除) is an irregular verb meaning "cleaning, sweeping". Its polite form is 掃除します (soujishimasu), its te form is 掃除して (soujishite), its past form is 掃除した (soujishita), and its negative form is 掃除しない (soujishinai).
Irregular verbJLPT N5
Soujisuru (掃除) conjugation quick reference
掃除 means "cleaning, sweeping". Its main forms are listed below, with links to the grammar pattern behind each form.
Soujisuru example sentences
毎日へやを掃除します。
I clean my room every day.
きのう、トイレを掃除しました。
I cleaned the toilet yesterday.
今日はそうじしません。
I won’t clean today.
How to use Soujisuru: grammar notes
•掃除 is a noun that becomes a verb when you add する, so to say “to clean,” use 掃除する.
•Use the particle を before 掃除する to show what you’re cleaning, like 部屋を掃除する (clean the room).
•Don’t say 掃除をするを – just use を once: 部屋を掃除する is correct!
•JLPT N5 level
Common phrases with Soujisuru
部屋を掃除する
Clean the room
掃除を手伝う
Help with cleaning
毎日掃除する
Clean every day
Soujisuru (掃除) conjugation table
| Form | Japanese | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Forms | ||
| Dictionary Form | 掃除する | soujisuru |
| Masu Form | 掃除します | soujishimasu |
| Te Form | 掃除して | soujishite |
| Past Form | 掃除した | soujishita |
| Negative Form | 掃除しない | soujishinai |
| Past Negative | 掃除しなかった | soujishinakatta |
| Polite Forms | ||
| Polite Present | 掃除します | soujishimasu |
| Polite Past | 掃除しました | soujishimashita |
| Polite Negative | 掃除しません | soujishimasen |
| Polite Past Negative | 掃除しませんでした | soujishimasendeshita |
| Advanced Forms | ||
| Potential Form | 掃除できる | soujidekiru |
| Passive Form | 掃除される | soujisareru |
| Causative Form | 掃除させる | soujisaseru |
| Causative Passive | 掃除させられる | soujisaserareru |
| Volitional Form | 掃除しよう | soujishiyou |
| Imperative Form | 掃除しろ | soujishiro |
| Conditional Forms | ||
| Conditional (ば) | 掃除すれば | soujisureba |
| Conditional (たら) | 掃除したら | soujishitara |
| Other Forms | ||
| Progressive Form | 掃除している | soujishiteiru |
| Desire (たい) | 掃除したい | soujishitai |
| Prohibition | 掃除するな | soujisuruna |