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ぜら

zera

verb 未然形

is the negative stem of ぜる — to compete.

  • to bid
  • to sell at auction
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ぜる ぜら

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.

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

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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

I was made to explain at length during the meeting, and I got tired.

Nihoner sentence bank

The book she wrote became a bestseller.

Nihoner sentence bank

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る
negative stem of ぜる