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ぎん

gin

verb 未然形

is the negative stem of ぎる — kill.

  • kill (shot), smash, spike (in volleyball)
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How it’s built

ぎる ぎん

Negative stem (). Never used alone — it is the base for ない (not), れる/られる (passive), せる/させる (causative): 書か → 書かない.

This spelling is the version with ん (sound change before で/だ): 読ん → 読んで.

ぎる is a godan verb (u-verb), so it follows that pattern.

Name that form

Three more forms of . Can you tell what each one is?

Every form of

Polite ぎります
Polite negative ぎりません
Polite past ぎりました
Polite past negative ぎりませんでした
Let us ~ ぎりましょう
Masu-stem ぎり
Want to ~ ぎりたい
While ~ing ぎりながら
Te-form ぎって
Plain past ぎった
Tara-conditional ぎったら
Progressive ぎっている
Plain negative ぎらない
Plain past negative ぎらなかった
Negative te-form ぎらなくて
Potential ぎれる
Ba-conditional ぎれば
Imperative ぎれ
Volitional ぎろう
Passive ぎられる
Causative ぎらせる
Causative-passive ぎらされる

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In real sentences

I jog every morning.

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On Sundays I jog in the park.

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I am jogging in the park.

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Other forms and spellings

キルきりゃキりゃギりゃきろキろギろキろうキろっキろふギろうギろっギろふきらキらギら
negative stem of ぎる