Godan verb (ぐ)
濯ぐすすぐ
susugu濯ぐ (すすぐ, susugu) — to rinse — is a godan verb ending in ぐ: すすいで (te-form), すすいだ (past), すすがない (negative), すすぎます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It is usually written in kana: すすぐ rather than 濯ぐ. It also means to wash out.
How すすぐ 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.
がすすがないnegative
ぎすすぎますpolite present
ぐすすぐdictionary form
げすすげるpotentialすすげばif
ごすすごうvolitional
The て and た forms · ぐ → いで, いだ
いすすいでte-formすすいだ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 | すすぐ 濯ぐ susugu | |
| past I rinsed it. | すすいだ 濯いだ susuida | |
| negative I don't rinse it. | すすがない 濯がない susuganai | |
| te-form I rinse it and … | すすいで 濯いで susuide | |
| past negative | すすがなかった 濯がなかった susuganakatta | |
| volitional Let's rinse it. | すすごう 濯ごう susugou | |
| potential I can rinse it. | すすげる 濯げる susugeru | |
| cond. ば If I rinse it, ... | すすげば 濯げば susugeba | |
| cond. たら When I rinse it, ... | すすいだら 濯いだら susuidara | |
| passive | すすがれる 濯がれる susugareru | |
| causative | すすがせる 濯がせる susugaseru | |
| imperative | すすげ 濯げ susuge |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | すすぎます 濯ぎます susugimasu | |
| past I rinsed it. | すすぎました 濯ぎました susugimashita | |
| negative I don't rinse it. | すすぎません 濯ぎません susugimasen | |
| past negative | すすぎませんでした 濯ぎませんでした susugimasendeshita | |
| volitional Let's rinse it. | すすぎましょう 濯ぎましょう susugimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I'm rinsing it. | すすいでいる 濯いでいる susuideiru | |
| ていた I was rinsing it. | すすいでいた 濯いでいた susuideita | |
| ています I'm rinsing it. | すすいでいます 濯いでいます susuideimasu | |
| ていました I was rinsing it. | すすいでいました 濯いでいました susuideimashita |