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dwcarless

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Hello,

I was looking up 愛 at Denshi Jisho, and it gives 2 verb forms: 愛す and 愛する. When I looked up all of the example sentences, they all had 愛する. And when I started to think about it, I realized that する class verbs conjugate a lot like す class verbs anyway.

My question is if 愛す has independent significance, or is it just another way of expressing 愛する?

Thanks!
 
dwcarless said:
I was looking up 愛 at Denshi Jisho, and it gives 2 verb forms: 愛す and 愛する.
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Maybe you already know this, but Denshi Jisho (jisho.org) actually has a forum you can use if you want to ask questions. Note that the dictionary it uses is Jim Breen's.
dwcarless said:
When I looked up all of the example sentences, they all had 愛する. And when I started to think about it, I realized that する class verbs conjugate a lot like す class verbs anyway.
My question is if 愛す has independent significance, or is it just another way of expressing 愛する?
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It is just another way of expressing 愛する. Or rather it is another form which is used for some conjugations, like 愛せる rather than 愛できる.
 
dwcarless said:
Hello,
I was looking up 愛 at Denshi Jisho, and it gives 2 verb forms: 愛す and 愛する. When I looked up all of the example sentences, they all had 愛する. And when I started to think about it, I realized that する class verbs conjugate a lot like す class verbs anyway.
My question is if 愛す has independent significance, or is it just another way of expressing 愛する?
Thanks!
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す is the classical form of する, so is used in archaic expressions.
e.g.
我[わ]が愛せし人 ＝ 私が愛した人
 
Notice that in the old days, some people even used -まする, instead of -ます

Not all -す words are like that. Some words may originate from the causative, or from other areas
 
The OP asked about す that is used instead of する in -suru verbs. They are ALL the classical form of する. The す of the causative origin, for instance, are attached to the imperfective form(pre-nai form) of godan/yodan, ra-irregular or na-irregular verbs, as in 金にものを言わす, 車を走らす.
 
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