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Affirmative Negative
Plain Formal Plain Formal
  cop conjugations for です
Non-past でだ でです でではない [3] でではありません [3],
でではないです [3]
Past (~ta) でだった ででした でではなかった [3] でではありませんでした [3]
Conjunctive (~te) でで ででありまして でではなくて [3]  
Provisional (~eba) でなら [2],
でならば,
でであれば
     
Volitional でだろう ででしょう    
Imperative でであれ      
Conditional (~tara) でだったら ででしたら でではなかったら [3] でではありませんでしたら [3]
Alternative (~tari) でだったり      

Notes...
[2] na-adjectives and nouns are usually used with the なら nara conditional, instead of with であれば de areba. なら is a contracted and more common form of ならば.
[3] では is often contracted to じゃ in colloquial speech.
[*] This table has been automatically generated. It should not be assumed that any single conjugation is as frequently used or as natural as any other, or is used at all.

Acknowledgments: Most of the data used to generate this page is a synthesis of information from the following sources. The developer (Stuart McGraw ) would appreciate being informed of any errors.
  *Jim Breen's WWWjdic verb conjugator
  *Ben Bullock's SljFAQ verb inflector
  *Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar, Makino and Tsutsui, ISBN 978-4-7890-0454-1
  *Wikipedia articles: Japanese verbs, Japanese irregular verbs