Godan verb (ぐ)
仰ぐあおぐ
aoguAlso read あおぐ: 扇ぐ (fan). All 2 words
仰ぐ (あおぐ, aogu) — to look up — is a godan verb ending in ぐ: 仰いで (te-form), 仰いだ (past), 仰がない (negative), 仰ぎます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object.
How 仰ぐ conjugates · godan ぐ-verb
Only the last kana changes: ぐ becomes が, ぎ, げ or ご.
Which one depends on the ending. The five are one line of the hiragana chart — same consonant, vowels あ・い・う・え・お — and everything before that kana never changes.
が仰がないnegative
ぎ仰ぎますpolite present
ぐ仰ぐdictionary form
げ仰げるpotential仰げばif
ご仰ごうvolitional
The て and た forms · ぐ → いで, いだ
い仰いでte-form仰いだpast
The て and た forms are the only two that don't follow this pattern. Every く- and ぐ-verb changes the same way there; only 行く is different.
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Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | 仰ぐ あおぐ aogu | |
| past N5 I looked up at it. | 仰いだ あおいだ aoida | |
| negative N5 I don't look up at it. | 仰がない あおがない aoganai | |
| te-form N5 I look up at it and … | 仰いで あおいで aoide | |
| past negative N4 I didn't look up at it. | 仰がなかった あおがなかった aoganakatta | |
| volitional N4 Let's look up at it. | 仰ごう あおごう aogou | |
| potential N3 I can look up at it. | 仰げる あおげる aogeru | |
| cond. ば N3 If I look up at it, ... | 仰げば あおげば aogeba | |
| cond. たら N3 When I look up at it, ... | 仰いだら あおいだら aoidara | |
| passive N2 It gets looked up at. | 仰がれる あおがれる aogareru | |
| causative N2 | 仰がせる あおがせる aogaseru | |
| imperative N1 Look up at it! | 仰げ あおげ aoge |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | 仰ぎます あおぎます aogimasu | |
| past N5 I looked up at it. | 仰ぎました あおぎました aogimashita | |
| negative N5 I don't look up at it. | 仰ぎません あおぎません aogimasen | |
| past negative N4 I didn't look up at it. | 仰ぎませんでした あおぎませんでした aogimasendeshita | |
| volitional N4 Let's look up at it. | 仰ぎましょう あおぎましょう aogimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている N4 I'm looking up at it. | 仰いでいる あおいでいる aoideiru | |
| ていた N4 I was looking up at it. | 仰いでいた あおいでいた aoideita | |
| ています N4 I'm looking up at it. | 仰いでいます あおいでいます aoideimasu | |
| ていました N4 I was looking up at it. | 仰いでいました あおいでいました aoideimashita |