Nihoner

とげ

toge

JLPT N1 verb 仮定形

is the conditional stem of とぐ — to sharpen, to hone, to whet, to grind.

  • to wash (rice)
  • to scour, to polish, to burnish
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How it’s built

とぐ とげ

Conditional stem (). Add ば to say “if”: 書け → 書けば (if you write).

とぐ 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 とぎます
Polite negative とぎません
Polite past とぎました
Polite past negative とぎませんでした
Let us ~ とぎましょう
Masu-stem とぎ
Want to ~ とぎたい
While ~ing とぎながら
Te-form といで
Plain past といだ
Tara-conditional といだら
Progressive といでいる
Plain negative とがない
Plain past negative とがなかった
Negative te-form とがなくて
Potential とげる
Ba-conditional とげば
Imperative ← this oneとげ
Volitional とごう
Passive とがれる
Causative とがせる
Causative-passive とがされる

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In real sentences

At the dental clinic, we sometimes take X-rays.

Nihoner sentence bank

Other forms and spellings

どけどきゃどこどこうどこっどこふどかどくトクドクときゃとことこうとこっとこふとか
conditional stem of とぐ