Godan verb (ぐ)
塞ぐふさぐ
fusagu塞ぐ (ふさぐ, fusagu) — to stop up — is a godan verb ending in ぐ: 塞いで (te-form), 塞いだ (past), 塞がない (negative), 塞ぎます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to close up; to block.
How 塞ぐ 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.
が塞がないnegative
ぎ塞ぎますpolite present
ぐ塞ぐdictionary form
げ塞げるpotential塞げばif
ご塞ごうvolitional
The て and た forms · ぐ → いで, いだ
い塞いでte-form塞いだ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 | 塞ぐ ふさぐ fusagu | |
| past N5 I blocked it up. | 塞いだ ふさいだ fusaida | |
| negative N5 I don't block it. | 塞がない ふさがない fusaganai | |
| te-form N5 I block something up and … | 塞いで ふさいで fusaide | |
| past negative N4 | 塞がなかった ふさがなかった fusaganakatta | |
| volitional N4 Let's block it up. | 塞ごう ふさごう fusagou | |
| potential N3 I can block it up. | 塞げる ふさげる fusageru | |
| cond. ば N3 If I block it, ... | 塞げば ふさげば fusageba | |
| cond. たら N3 When I block it, ... | 塞いだら ふさいだら fusaidara | |
| passive N2 It gets blocked. | 塞がれる ふさがれる fusagareru | |
| causative N2 | 塞がせる ふさがせる fusagaseru | |
| imperative N1 Block it up! | 塞げ ふさげ fusage |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | 塞ぎます ふさぎます fusagimasu | |
| past N5 I blocked it up. | 塞ぎました ふさぎました fusagimashita | |
| negative N5 I don't block it. | 塞ぎません ふさぎません fusagimasen | |
| past negative N4 | 塞ぎませんでした ふさぎませんでした fusagimasendeshita | |
| volitional N4 Let's block it up. | 塞ぎましょう ふさぎましょう fusagimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている N4 I'm blocking it up. | 塞いでいる ふさいでいる fusaideiru | |
| ていた N4 I was blocking it up. | 塞いでいた ふさいでいた fusaideita | |
| ています N4 I'm blocking it up. | 塞いでいます ふさいでいます fusaideimasu | |
| ていました N4 I was blocking it up. | 塞いでいました ふさいでいました fusaideimashita |