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とご

togo

JLPT N1 verb 意志推量形

is the volitional form 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 とご

Volitional form (). “Let’s …” or “I’ll …”: 書こう (let’s write). With とする it means “try to”.

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

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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 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

Where is the post office?

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I went to the concert with my friend.

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Hey, where are you now? I'm waiting at the station.

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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
volitional form of とぐ