Godan verb with 'su' ending Transitive verb to talk, to speak, to converse, to chat to tell, to explain, to narrate, to mention, to describe, to discuss to speak (a language)
Present, Future 話す, 話します [does], will [do] 話さない, 話しません doesn't [do], will not [do] Past 話した, 話しました [did] 話さなかった, 話しませんでした didn't [do] Te-form, Continuative 話して, 話しまして 話さないで, 話しませんで 話さなくて Progressive 話している, 話しています [doing], to be [doing] 話していない, 話していません not [doing] Volitional 話そう, 話しましょう let's [do]!, I/we will [do], I/we intend to [do] 話すまい, 話しますまい I will not [do], I do not intend to [do] Imperative 話せ, 話しなさい [do] ! 話すな, 話しなさるな don't [do] ! Request 話してください please [do] 話さないでください please don't [do] Provisional 話せば if X [does], if X [is ~] 話さなければ if X doesn't [do], if X [is not ~] Conditional 話したら, 話しましたら if X were to [do], when X [does] 話さなかったら, 話しませんでしたら if X weren't to [do], when X doesn't [do] Potential 話せる, 話せます be able to [do], can [do] 話せない, 話せません not be able to [do], can't [do] Passive, Respectful 話される, 話されます is [done] (by ...), will be [done] (by ...) 話されない, 話されません isn't [done] (by ...), will not be [done] (by ...) Causative 話させる, 話させます makes/will make (someone) [do] 話させない, 話させません doesn't/won't make (someone) [do] Causative passive 話させられる, 話させられます is made/will be made to [do] (by someone) 話させられない, 話させられません isn't made/won't be made to [do] (by someone) ~たい form 話したい want to [do] 話したくない don't want to [do]