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ぜん

zen

verb 連体形

is the form before a noun of ぜる — to compete.

  • to bid
  • to sell at auction
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ぜる ぜん

Form before a noun (). In modern Japanese it looks like the plain form; it sits right before a noun: 食べる人 (a person who eats).

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

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

I must take medicine.

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I received a present on my birthday.

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I handed the present to the bride.

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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
form before a noun of ぜる