Godan verb (ぐ)
受け継ぐうけつぐ
uketsugu受け継ぐ (うけつぐ, uketsugu) — to inherit — is a godan verb ending in ぐ: 受け継いで (te-form), 受け継いだ (past), 受け継がない (negative), 受け継ぎます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to succeed; to take over.
How 受け継ぐ 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.
が受け継がないnegative
ぎ受け継ぎますpolite present
ぐ受け継ぐdictionary form
げ受け継げるpotential受け継げばif
ご受け継ごうvolitional
The て and た forms · ぐ → いで, いだ
い受け継いでte-form受け継いだ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 | 受け継ぐ うけつぐ uketsugu | |
| past I inherited it. | 受け継いだ うけついだ uketsuida | |
| negative I don't inherit it. | 受け継がない うけつがない uketsuganai | |
| te-form I inherit it and … | 受け継いで うけついで uketsuide | |
| past negative I didn't inherit it. | 受け継がなかった うけつがなかった uketsuganakatta | |
| volitional Let's inherit it. | 受け継ごう うけつごう uketsugou | |
| potential I can inherit it. | 受け継げる うけつげる uketsugeru | |
| cond. ば If I inherit it, ... | 受け継げば うけつげば uketsugeba | |
| cond. たら | 受け継いだら うけついだら uketsuidara | |
| passive It gets passed down. | 受け継がれる うけつがれる uketsugareru | |
| causative I let someone inherit it. | 受け継がせる うけつがせる uketsugaseru | |
| imperative | 受け継げ うけつげ uketsuge |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 受け継ぎます うけつぎます uketsugimasu | |
| past I inherited it. | 受け継ぎました うけつぎました uketsugimashita | |
| negative I don't inherit it. | 受け継ぎません うけつぎません uketsugimasen | |
| past negative I didn't inherit it. | 受け継ぎませんでした うけつぎませんでした uketsugimasendeshita | |
| volitional Let's inherit it. | 受け継ぎましょう うけつぎましょう uketsugimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I've inherited it. | 受け継いでいる うけついでいる uketsuideiru | |
| ていた I had inherited it. | 受け継いでいた うけついでいた uketsuideita | |
| ています I've inherited it. | 受け継いでいます うけついでいます uketsuideimasu | |
| ていました I had inherited it. | 受け継いでいました うけついでいました uketsuideimashita |