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ツぎ

つぎ · tsugi

JLPT N1 verb 連用形

is the masu-stem of ツぐ — to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.), to inherit, to take over, to follow.

  • to patch (clothes), to mend, to repair
  • to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire), to replenish with, to feed with, to follow up with (e.g. remarks), to gather (one's breath)
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How it’s built

ツぐ ツぎ

Masu-stem (). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.

ツぐ 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 ツぎますつぎます
Polite negative ツぎませんつぎません
Polite past ツぎましたつぎました
Polite past negative ツぎませんでしたつぎませんでした
Let us ~ ツぎましょうつぎましょう
Masu-stem ← this oneツぎつぎ
Want to ~ ツぎたいつぎたい
While ~ing ツぎながらつぎながら
Te-form ツいでついで
Plain past ツいだついだ
Tara-conditional ツいだらついだら
Progressive ツいでいるついでいる
Plain negative ツがないつがない
Plain past negative ツがなかったつがなかった
Negative te-form ツがなくてつがなくて
Potential ツげるつげる
Ba-conditional ツげばつげば
Imperative ツげつげ
Volitional ツごうつごう
Passive ツがれるつがれる
Causative ツがせるつがせる
Causative-passive ツがされるつがされる

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In real sentences

I struck the New Year's Eve bell at the temple.

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It was on sale until a moment ago, but it's already over.

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I got a seat on the morning commuter train, so I was lucky.

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Other forms and spellings

ついつきゃづきゃづけつきづきつこつこうつこっつこふづこづこうづこっづこふづかづく
masu-stem of ツぐ