JLPT N5 vocabulary
泳ぐ: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
およぐ2Nakadaka · falls inside
Godan verb (u-verb)
Meaning
- to swim
- to struggle through (a crowd)
- to make one’s way through the world, get along (in life)
- to totter, lose one’s balance
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 泳ぐ | 泳 |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 泳 | 泳 |
| Polite presentます形 | 泳 | 泳 |
| Polite pastました形 | 泳 | 泳 |
| Te-formて形 | 泳 | 泳 |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 泳 | 泳 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 泳 | 泳 |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 泳 | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 泳 | 泳 |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 泳 | 泳ぐ |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 泳 | 泳 |
| Passive受身形 | 泳 | 泳 |
| Make / let使役形 | 泳 | 泳 |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 泳 | 泳 |
Example sentences
この急流で泳ぐのは危険に違いない。
It must be dangerous to swim in this rapid stream.
その川を泳いで渡るとしたら、 どれだけ時間がかかるだろうか。
How long would it take you to swim across the river?