そが
soga
verb 未然形
そが is the negative stem of そぐ — to chip (off), to shave off, to slice off, to cut off.
- to sharpen
- to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.), to reduce, to diminish, to weaken, to spoil
How it’s built
そぐ
そが
Negative stem (未然形). 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.
そぐ is a godan verb (u-verb), so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of そぐ. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of そぐ
| Polite (ます形) | そぎます |
| Polite negative (ません) | そぎません |
| Polite past (ました) | そぎました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | そぎませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | そぎましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | そぎ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | そぎたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | そぎながら |
| Te-form (て形) | そいで |
| Plain past (た形) | そいだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | そいだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | そいでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | そがない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | そがなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | そがなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | そげる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | そげば |
| Imperative (命令形) | そげ |
| Volitional (意向形) | そごう |
| Passive (受身形) | そがれる |
| Causative (使役形) | そがせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | そがされる |
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Other forms and spellings
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