Ichidan verb
捧げるささげる
sasageru捧げる (ささげる, sasageru) — to lift up — is an ichidan verb: 捧げて (te-form), 捧げた (past), 捧げない (negative), 捧げます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to hold up; to hold above eye level.
How 捧げる conjugates · ichidan verb
Drop the る, then add the ending.
Nothing else moves: every ending attaches straight to the stem 捧げ. That is what makes ichidan the easy class.
捧げる
dropsstem + ending
捧げない捧げないnegative · I don't offer it up.
捧げます捧げますpolite present
捧げて捧げてte-form · I hold it up and …
捧げた捧げたpast · I held it up.
捧げられる捧げられるpotential · I can offer it up.
捧げれば捧げればif · If I offer it up, ...
捧げよう捧げようvolitional · Let's hold it up.
No sound changes and no vowel rows. The catch is telling ichidan from godan: plenty of godan verbs end in る too.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 捧げる ささげる sasageru | |
| past I held it up. | 捧げた ささげた sasageta | |
| negative I don't offer it up. | 捧げない ささげない sasagenai | |
| te-form I hold it up and … | 捧げて ささげて sasagete | |
| past negative I didn't offer it up. | 捧げなかった ささげなかった sasagenakatta | |
| volitional Let's hold it up. | 捧げよう ささげよう sasageyou | |
| potential I can offer it up. | 捧げられる ささげられる sasagerareru | |
| cond. ば If I offer it up, ... | 捧げれば ささげれば sasagereba | |
| cond. たら When I offer it up, ... | 捧げたら ささげたら sasagetara | |
| passive It gets offered up. | 捧げられる ささげられる sasagerareru | |
| causative I make someone offer it up. | 捧げさせる ささげさせる sasagesaseru | |
| imperative Offer it up! | 捧げろ ささげろ sasagero |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 捧げます ささげます sasagemasu | |
| past I held it up. | 捧げました ささげました sasagemashita | |
| negative I don't offer it up. | 捧げません ささげません sasagemasen | |
| past negative I didn't offer it up. | 捧げませんでした ささげませんでした sasagemasendeshita | |
| volitional Let's hold it up. | 捧げましょう ささげましょう sasagemashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I'm holding it up. | 捧げている ささげている sasageteiru | |
| ていた I was holding it up. | 捧げていた ささげていた sasageteita | |
| ています I'm holding it up. | 捧げています ささげています sasageteimasu | |
| ていました I was holding it up. | 捧げていました ささげていました sasageteimashita |