Godan verb (ぐ)

仰ぐあおぐ

aogu

to look up (at) · N1

Also 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.

Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.

PLAIN

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present	仰ぐあおぐ aogu
past I looked up at it.	仰いだあおいだ aoida
negative I don't look up at it.	仰がないあおがない aoganai
te-form I look up at it and …	仰いであおいで aoide
past negative I didn't look up at it.	仰がなかったあおがなかった aoganakatta
volitional Let's look up at it.	仰ごうあおごう aogou
potential I can look up at it.	仰げるあおげる aogeru
cond. ば If I look up at it, ...	仰げばあおげば aogeba
cond. たら When I look up at it, ...	仰いだらあおいだら aoidara
passive It gets looked up at.	仰がれるあおがれる aogareru
causative	仰がせるあおがせる aogaseru
imperative Look up at it!	仰げあおげ aoge

POLITE

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present	仰ぎますあおぎます aogimasu
past I looked up at it.	仰ぎましたあおぎました aogimashita
negative I don't look up at it.	仰ぎませんあおぎません aogimasen
past negative 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 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 I'm looking up at it.	仰いでいるあおいでいる aoideiru
ていた I was looking up at it.	仰いでいたあおいでいた aoideita
ています 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 I was looking up at it.	仰いでいましたあおいでいました aoideimashita