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ぜっ

ze

verb 連用形

is the masu-stem of ぜる — to compete.

  • to bid
  • to sell at auction
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How it’s built

ぜる ぜっ

Masu-stem (). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.

This spelling is the version with a small っ (sound change before て/た): 待っ → 待って.

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

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In real sentences

Even though I came all the way to Japan, I couldn't see Mt. Fuji.

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Even though I went to the trouble of coming, the shop was closed.

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Other forms and spellings

せれせろせようせよっせよふせるセルぜれせろうせろっせろふぜろうぜろっぜろふせらぜら
masu-stem of ぜる