Godan verb (ぐ)
騒ぐさわぐ
sawagu騒ぐ (さわぐ, sawagu) — to make noise — is a godan verb ending in ぐ: 騒いで (te-form), 騒いだ (past), 騒がない (negative), 騒ぎます (polite).
It also means to make racket; to be noisy.
How 騒ぐ 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.
が騒がないnegative
ぎ騒ぎますpolite present
ぐ騒ぐdictionary form
げ騒げるpotential騒げばif
ご騒ごうvolitional
The て and た forms · ぐ → いで, いだ
い騒いでte-form騒いだ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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PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 騒ぐ さわぐ sawagu | |
| past They made a racket. | 騒いだ さわいだ sawaida | |
| negative I don't make noise. | 騒がない さわがない sawaganai | |
| te-form They make a racket and … | 騒いで さわいで sawaide | |
| past negative I didn't make any noise. | 騒がなかった さわがなかった sawaganakatta | |
| volitional Let's make some noise. | 騒ごう さわごう sawagou | |
| potential N3 I can make noise. | 騒げる さわげる sawageru | |
| cond. ば N3 If I make noise, ... | 騒げば さわげば sawageba | |
| cond. たら N3 If they make a racket, ... | 騒いだら さわいだら sawaidara | |
| passive N2 A fuss is made about it. | 騒がれる さわがれる sawagareru | |
| causative N2 I let someone make noise. | 騒がせる さわがせる sawagaseru | |
| imperative N1 Make some noise! | 騒げ さわげ sawage |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 騒ぎます さわぎます sawagimasu | |
| past They made a racket. | 騒ぎました さわぎました sawagimashita | |
| negative I don't make noise. | 騒ぎません さわぎません sawagimasen | |
| past negative I didn't make any noise. | 騒ぎませんでした さわぎませんでした sawagimasendeshita | |
| volitional Let's make some noise. | 騒ぎましょう さわぎましょう sawagimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている They're making a racket. | 騒いでいる さわいでいる sawaideiru | |
| ていた They were making a racket. | 騒いでいた さわいでいた sawaideita | |
| ています They're making a racket. | 騒いでいます さわいでいます sawaideimasu | |
| ていました They were making a racket. | 騒いでいました さわいでいました sawaideimashita |