Godan verb (る)
潜るくぐる
kuguru潜る (くぐる, kuguru) — to go under — is a godan verb ending in る: くぐって (te-form), くぐった (past), くぐらない (negative), くぐります (polite).
It is usually written in kana: くぐる rather than 潜る. It also means to pass under; to go through.
How くぐる conjugates · godan る-verb
Only the last kana changes: る becomes ら, り, れ or ろ.
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.
らくぐらないnegative
りくぐりますpolite present
るくぐるdictionary form
れくぐれるpotentialくぐればif
ろくぐろうvolitional
The て and た forms · る → って, った
っくぐってte-formくぐったpast
The て and た forms are the only two that don't follow this pattern. Every う-, つ- and る-verb has the same って there.
Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | くぐる 潜る kuguru | |
| past I went under it. | くぐった 潜った kugutta | |
| negative I don't go under it. | くぐらない 潜らない kuguranai | |
| te-form I go under it and … | くぐって 潜って kugutte | |
| past negative I didn't go under it. | くぐらなかった 潜らなかった kuguranakatta | |
| volitional Let's go under it. | くぐろう 潜ろう kugurou | |
| potential I can go under it. | くぐれる 潜れる kugureru | |
| cond. ば If I go under it, ... | くぐれば 潜れば kugureba | |
| cond. たら When I go under it, ... | くぐったら 潜ったら kuguttara | |
| passive | くぐられる 潜られる kugurareru | |
| causative I let someone go under it. | くぐらせる 潜らせる kuguraseru | |
| imperative Go under it! | くぐれ 潜れ kugure |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | くぐります 潜ります kugurimasu | |
| past I went under it. | くぐりました 潜りました kugurimashita | |
| negative I don't go under it. | くぐりません 潜りません kugurimasen | |
| past negative I didn't go under it. | くぐりませんでした 潜りませんでした kugurimasendeshita | |
| volitional Let's go under it. | くぐりましょう 潜りましょう kugurimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I'm going under it. | くぐっている 潜っている kugutteiru | |
| ていた I was going under it. | くぐっていた 潜っていた kugutteita | |
| ています I'm going under it. | くぐっています 潜っています kugutteimasu | |
| ていました I was going under it. | くぐっていました 潜っていました kugutteimashita |